Posey Site (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrea Shapiro. David B. Landon.

This report describes and interprets a collection of faunal remains from the Posey Site (18CH281) in Charles County, Maryland. In 1996, archaeologists from the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum excavated more than 500 shovel test pits and 37 1.5 x 1.5 meter test excavation units to delimit site boundaries and determine the integrity and significance of the site. These excavations recovered a large artifact collection and approximately 4000 faunal remains. This report covers a subset of the...

PROJECT Navy.

The two sites were located and initially tested during a survey of limited portions of the facility in 1985. At that time, the Posey Site was interpreted as a probable Contact Period deposit thought to date from ca. 1600 A.D. to an unknown terminal point. Several intact subsurface features were discovered, one of which yielded material radiocarbon dated to 1575 +/- 90 years A.D. The fieldwork conducted during the present investigation consisted of the excavation of 510 shovel test pits and 37...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Harmon. Grace S. Brush. David B. Landon. Andrea Shapiro.

This report summarizes the results of a program of background research, archaeological fieldwork, and analysis conducted for the Department of Natural Resources of the Indian Head Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Charles County Maryland. The subject of the project was the Posey Site (18CH281) and 18CH282, two archaeological sites located near Mattawoman Creek aboard the Surface Warfare Center. The investigation was undertaken by the Maryland Historical Trust’s Southern Maryland...

DATASET St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland. Colonial Encounters Archaeological Project.

This database was generated by archaeological investigations of the Posey site during the Colonial Encounters: The Lower Potomac River Valley at Contact, 1500-1720 AD project.

DATASET Southern Maryland Regional Center.

This project contains artifact inventory from archaeological investigations of the Posey Site, Indian Head, Maryland.

IMAGE Southern Maryland Regional Center.

This project contains artifact photographs from archaeological investigations of the Posey Site, Indian Head, Maryland.

IMAGE St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland. Colonial Encounters Archaeological Project.

These photographs were generated by archaeological investigations of the Posey site during the Colonial Encounters: The Lower Potomac River Valley at Contact, 1500-1720 AD project. This record (part 1) includes the first 50 images.

IMAGE St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland. Colonial Encounters Archaeological Project.

These photographs were generated by archaeological investigations of the Posey site during the Colonial Encounters: The Lower Potomac River Valley at Contact, 1500-1720 AD project. This record (part 2) includes the next 50 images.

IMAGE St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland. Colonial Encounters Archaeological Project.

These photographs were generated by archaeological investigations of the Posey site during the Colonial Encounters: The Lower Potomac River Valley at Contact, 1500-1720 AD project. This record (part 3) includes the next 12 images.

DATASET Southern Maryland Regional Center. Amy Porter.

This record contains both an archaeological bead analysis and inventory for beads collected during archaeological investigations of the Posey Site, Indian Head, Maryland.

DATASET Southern Maryland Regional Center.

This record contains an additional archaeological bead inventory for beads collected during inventory from archaeological investigations of the Posey Site, Indian Head, Maryland.

IMAGE Southern Maryland Regional Center.

This project contains excavation photographs from archaeological investigations of the Posey Site, Indian Head, Maryland (includes photos from Roll 1, 2, 4, and 5).