Susquehanna, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (1998.036)

This collection contains artifact distribution figures, distribution data, architectural images and artifact images from Susquehanna, Maryland. The MAC Lab accession number for the images and artifacts is 1998.036.

From the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. Site Summary: 18ST399 Susquehanna:

"The Susquehanna site is located aboard the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. The peninsula on which the site sits had been occupied by colonists since the 1650s, but 18ST399 was not established until the mid-18th century. The first construction at the site seems to have been undertaken by Captain Henry Carroll and his wife Araminta Thompson Carroll, who had inherited the property by 1767. After Henry Carroll died in 1775, Araminta married George Briscoe, who moved in with her and managed the property until they moved to Prince George’s County in 1813."

"The Henry Ford Museum sponsored a systematic archaeological project at Susquehanna in the late 1980s. The project included the excavation of 175 shovel tests and ten 5’ by 5’ test units, all of which focused on the main house and its yard. These excavations revealed the presence of a c. 1760-1820 house foundation that measured approximately 35’ by 30.’ This structure had been located just west of the dwelling that had been moved to Michigan, and it is interpreted as the residence of Captain Henry Carroll and his wife Araminta Thompson Carroll."

Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. Site Summary: 18ST399 Susquehanna. http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic-old/Small%20Finds/Site%20Summaries/18ST399%20SusquehannaSiteSummary.htm. Accessed 07/02/2014.