Harper's Creek Survey, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2001.033)
Part of: Naval Air Station Patuxent River (Main Complex), St. Mary's County, Maryland
This collection contains photographs, distribution data, statistical analyses, and an official report of the 1997 Phase I survey at Harper's Creek, St. Mary's County, Maryland. The excavations were carried out by staff of the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum for the Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS PAX). The goal of this survey was to identify and inventory all archaeological sites within the project boundary in accordance with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The project area is in Maryland Archaeological Research Unit Number 9, the Estuarine Patuxent Drainage of the Coastal Plain Province. The project was funded through a grant provided by the Department of Defense's Legacy Resources Management Program.
Twenty-three archaeological sites were encountered, including fourteen previously unidentified sites and nine sites which were previously documented. The prehistoric sites ranged from the Early Archaic period to the Late Woodland period, and the historic sites extended from the last half of the seventeenth century to the early 1940s. Fourteen sites may potentially be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (National Register): 18ST396, 18ST472, 18ST474, 18ST475, 18ST659, 18ST747, 18ST748, 18ST749, 18ST750, 18ST751, 18ST753, 18ST754, 18ST755, and 18ST756. Additional work will be necessary at these sites to determine their eligibility, should avoidance prove impossible.
Site Name Keywords
18ST492 •
18ST659 •
18ST751 •
18ST753
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Settlements •
Encampment •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Historic homestead •
Lithic Reduction Area
Other Keywords
Survey •
Shovel Tests •
Phase I •
Navy •
Compliance •
Projectile Point •
Stone Tools •
Quartzite •
Quartz •
Rhyolite
Culture Keywords
Archaic •
Early Archaic •
Middle Archaic •
Late Archaic •
Woodland •
Early Woodland •
Middle Woodland •
Late Woodland •
Historic •
Euroamerican
Investigation Types
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone
Temporal Keywords
Prehistoric •
Historic
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
United States of America (Country) •
St. Mary's County (County) •
Maryland (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
St. Mary's (County) •
Harper Creek
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Artifact Images, Harper's Creek Survey, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2000)
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This resource contains artifact photographs from the Phase I excavations at Harper's Creek, St. Mary's County, Maryland.
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Harper's Creek Photograph, Harper's Creek Survey, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2000)
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This resource contains a field photograph of Harper's Creek, the area of the Phase I Harper's Creek survey in St. Mary's County, Maryland.