18CH281 (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...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Louis Berger.

This record contains artifact catalog codes and methods for site 18CH281 identified during a phase I survey at the Posey Site, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, 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.

DATASET Louis Berger.

This record contains an artifact inventory for site 18CH281 identified during a phase I survey at the Posey Site, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, 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 Louis Berger.

This record contains excavation and survey photographs for site 18CH281 identified during a phase I survey at the Posey Site, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, 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).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas W. Davis.

Extract from the report (pg. 1): The purpose of this study is to review the current status of the archeological resources located on Cornwallis Neck and to make management recommendations for continuing and enhancing the activity's cultural resource survey and evaluation program. This document specifically reviews the status of the archeological survey coverage of Cornwallis Neck. Data from previous surveys of this area were analyzed with the purpose of assessing the need for additional...

PROJECT Navy.

On behalf of the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG), carried out a Phase I archaeological survey at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, Maryland. The Navy is planning to upgrade riverwater lines at the installation, and the archaeological investigation was conducted as part of Section 106 compliance efforts for the project. Two alternative alignments for riverwater line replacement were examined, which are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Katz. Charles LeeDecker.

On behalf of the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG), carried out a Phase I archaeological survey at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, Maryland. The Navy is planning to upgrade riverwater lines at the installation, and the archaeological investigation was conducted as part of Section 106 compliance efforts for the project. Two alternative alignments for riverwater line replacement were examined, which are...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Louis Berger.

This record contains the excavation photograph log for site 18CH281 identified during a phase I survey at the Posey Site, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, Maryland. This log corresponds with excavation photographs found here: https://core.tdar.org/image/393158

DOCUMENT Full-Text William P. Barse.

Report Abstract: This report presents the results of a preliminary archeological reconnaissance conducted at the Naval Ordnance Station on Cornwallis Neck, Indian Head, Charles County, Maryland. The survey resulted in the discovery of 45 archeological sites, ranging in time from the Early Archaic through to the Late Woodland/Contact period. In addition to these periods, three sites dated to the 19th Century and one to the 19th/20th Century . Testing was also conducted at 18CH71, a site that...

PROJECT Navy.

This project represents the results of a preliminary survey the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland undertaken by Bill Barse in 1985. Collections from the survey include artifacts from 40 identified sites and five different non-site areas surveyed. Records include the technical report and a few field records that were later scanned for inclusion as an appendix in a subsequent project report (MHT Report CH 83). Collections are curated at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation...