Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture

Using detailed comparisons of the archaeological assemblages from 18 early sites in the Chesapeake, this project explores the material conditions of culture contact, plantation development and organization, the rise of slavery, and consumer behavior. Comparable artifact databases have been created for the 18 sites, and analysis of artifact distributions has provided great insight into differences and similarities.

Site Name Keywords
Jordan's Journey (44PG302) • Sandys (44JC802) • Clifts Plantation (44WM33) • Camden (44CE3) • Reverend Buck (44JC568) • Mattapany (18ST390) • Compton (18CV279) • Patuxent Point (18CV271) • King's Reach (18CV83) • Chalkley (18AN711)

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • Settlements • Encampment

Culture Keywords
Historic • Euroamerican • Historic Native American

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Historic Background Research • Data Recovery / Excavation

Material Types
Fauna • Ceramic • Glass • Mineral • Shell • Wood • Metal • Building Materials • Pollen • Macrobotanical

Temporal Keywords
Early 17th century

Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Virginia (State / Territory) • District of Columbia (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Chesapeake • Tidewater

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-70 of 70)

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  1. Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture, Manual for Comprehensive Artifact Catalog (2004)
  2. Midden Analysis Charts from Sandys (2004)
  3. Artifact Images from Sandys (2004)
  4. Artifact Distribution Maps from Sandys (2004)
  5. Midden Analysis Charts from Rich Neck (2004)
  6. Artifact Images from Rich Neck (2004)
  7. Artifact Distribution Maps from Rich Neck (2004)
  8. Artifact Images from Reverend Buck (2004)
  9. Artifact Distribution Maps from Reverend Buck (2004)
  10. Artifact Images from Posey (2004)
  11. Artifact Distribution Maps from Posey (2004)
  12. Midden Analysis Charts from Patuxent Point (2004)
  13. Artifact Images from Patuxent Point (2004)
  14. Artifact Distribution Maps from Patuxent Point (2004)
  15. Artifact Images from Old Chapel Field (2004)
  16. Artifact Distribution Maps from Old Chapel Field (2004)
  17. Midden Analysis Charts from Mattapany (2004)
  18. Artifact Images from Mattapany (2004)
  19. Artifact Distribution Maps from Mattapany (2004)
  20. Midden Analysis Charts from King's Reach (2004)
  21. Artifact Images from King's Reach (2004)
  22. Artifact Distribution Maps from King's Reach (2004)
  23. Artifact Images from Jordan's Journey (2004)
  24. Artifact Distribution Maps from Jordan's Journey (2004)
  25. Midden Analysis Charts from Homewood's Lot (2004)
  26. Artifact Images from Homewood's Lot (2004)
  27. Artifact Distribution Maps from Homewood's Lot (2004)
  28. Midden Analysis Charts from Compton (2004)
  29. Artifact Images from Compton (2004)
  30. Artifact Distribution Maps from Compton (2004)
  31. Midden Analysis Charts from Clifts Plantation (2004)
  32. Artifact Distribution Maps from Clifts Plantation (2004)
  33. Midden Analysis Charts from Chaney's Hills (2004)
  34. Artifact Images from Chaney's Hills (2004)
  35. Artifact Distribution Maps from Chaney's Hills (2004)
  36. Midden Analysis Charts from Chalkley (2004)
  37. Artifact Images from Chalkley (2004)
  38. Artifact Distribution Maps from Chalkley (2004)
  39. Artifact Images from Carter's Grove Site CG-8 (2004)
  40. Artifact Distribution Maps from Carter's Grove Site CG-8 (2004)
  41. Artifact Images from Camden (2004)
  42. Artifact Distribution Maps from Camden (2004)
  43. Midden Analysis Charts from Burle's Town Land (2004)
  44. Artifact Images from Burle's Town Land (2004)
  45. Artifact Distribution Maps from Burle's Town Land (2004)
  46. Artifact Images from Bennett's Point (2004)
  47. Artifact Distribution Maps from Bennett's Point (2004)
  48. The Importance of Plow Zone Archaeology (2004)
  49. An Analysis of Marked and Decorated White Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Lower Patuxent Drainage (2004)
  50. On Living and Dying in the Colonial Chesapeake (2005)
  51. A Comparative Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture: Project Update (2004)
  52. Locally-Made Tobacco Pipes in the Colonial Chesapeake (2005)
  53. Measuring the Advent of Gentility (2005)
  54. Archaeological Indicators of Native American Influences on English Life in the Colonial Chesapeake (2005)
  55. Notions of Comfort in the Early Colonial Chesapeake (2005)
  56. Digital Technology in Comparative Studies (2005)
  57. An Enigmatic Monarch: The Biography of a Headless, Mold-made, White Pipe Clay Pipe King Recovered in 17th Century Maryland (2007)
  58. Archaeological Addendum to the Camden National Historic Landmark, Caroline County, Virginia (1986)
  59. The Camden Site (1969)
  60. The "Manner House" Before Stratford (Discovering the Clifts Plantation) (1980)
  61. Field Archaeology of the Clifts Plantation Site, Westmoreland County, Virginia (1980)
  62. Beef, Venison, and Imported Haddock in Colonial Virginia: A Report on the Analysis of Faunal Remains from Jordan's Journey (1996)
  63. Archaeological Excavations at Jordan's Point: Sites 44PG151, 44PG300, 44PG302, 44PG303, 44PG315, 44PG333 (1995)
  64. Jordan's Journey: A Preliminary Report on the 1992 Excavations at Archaeological Sites 44PG302, 44PG303, and 44PG315 (1993)
  65. Jordan's Journey: A Preliminary Report on Archaeology at Site 44Pg302, Prince George County, Virginia, 1990-1991 (1992)
  66. The Archaeology of Rich Neck Plantation (44WB52): Description of the Features (2003)
  67. Interim Report: The Archaeology of Rich Neck Plantation (1999)
  68. Archaeological Excavations at 44JC568, The Reverend Richard Buck Site (1999)
  69. Archaeology of a Seventeenth-Century Houselot at Martin's Hundred, Virginia (2004)
  70. At the Edge of the Precipice: Frontier Ventures, Jamestown's Hinterlands, and the Archaeology of 44JC802 (2000)