On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site (7NC-F-135), a late-eighteenth- through mid-nineteenth-century farmstead work yard in New Castle County, Delaware. The work was completed in association with DelDOT’s U.S. Route 301 Project and the site is located within the project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE) in the U.S. Route 301 mainline corridor just...

On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site (7NC-F-135), a late-eighteenth- through mid-nineteenth-century farmstead work yard in New Castle County, Delaware. The work was completed in association with DelDOT’s U.S. Route 301 Project and the site is located within the project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE) in the U.S. Route 301 mainline corridor just...

On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Dovetail Cultural Resource Group (Dovetail) conducted a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Armstrong-Rogers site (7NC-F-135), a late-eighteenth- through mid-nineteenth-century farmstead work yard in New Castle County, Delaware. The work was completed in association with DelDOT’s U.S. Route 301 Project and the site is located within the project’s Area of Potential Effects (APE) in the U.S. Route 301 mainline corridor just...

Phase I artifact master catalog

Phase II Master Artifact Catalog

Phase III Master Artifact Catalog

The Louis Berger Group, Inc., conducted Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), located in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, in advance of the proposed U.S. Route 301 construction. The Bird-Houston Site is the remains of a small farm occupied between about 1775 and 1920. The site has two distinct parts about 200 feet apart; Locus B was occupied from about 1775 to 1825, and Locus A was occupied from about 1825 to 1920. Documentary...

Listing by Feature and Vessel numbers of specific ceramic specimen and their cross mends used to calculate a minimum number of vessels (MNV) for the Locus B occupation at the Bird-Houston site.

Catalog details the artifacts and cross mends from each feature that constitute the reconstructed glass vessels used to calculate the minimum number of glass vessels from features at Locus B of the Bird-Houston site (7NC-F-138)

artifact catalog from Phase II and III excavations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), includes identified floral and faunal specimen

Laboratory photo of buttons recovered from various contexts in Locus A, the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138)

Field photo of Locus A Feature 1, the well, after hand excavation of upper layers and mechanical excavation of surrounding subsoil. View to North

Laboratory photo of 19th-century glass pharmaceutical bottle fragments recovered from various contexts in Locus A at the Bird-Houston site (7NC-F-138).

Field photo of bone-handled iron utensil (Cat./Spec. No. 239.24) recovered from Stratum A Level 2 East Half, Feature 15, the well, in Locus B of the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138).

Laboratory photo of brass button (Cat./Spec. No. 243.8) recovered from Locus B Feature 15 Stratum B Level 1 East Half and brass broach pin (Cat./Spec. No. 238.21) recovered from Locus B Feature 15 Stratum A Level 1 West Half.

Field photo of identification and cleaning of Locus B Feature 1, the well, after mechanical removal of plowzone.

Field photo of Locus B Feature 15, resuming hand excavation after mechanical removal of surrounding subsoil, view to west.

Field photo of Locus B Feature 3 west profile after excavation of east half. Unidentified iron artifact in-situ at base of excavation.

Field photo of redware bowl in-situ within Locus B well, Feature 15 Stratum A, Level 2, west half (Cat./Spec. No. 240.11), view to north.

Field photo of unidentified iron object recovered from Locus B Feature 3, Stratum A, Level 1 (Cat./Spec. No. 220.4) after excavation.

The Louis Berger Group, Inc., conducted Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), located in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, in advance of the proposed U.S. Route 301 construction. The Bird-Houston Site is the remains of a small farm occupied between about 1775 and 1920. The site has two distinct parts about 200 feet apart; Locus B was occupied from about 1775 to 1825, and Locus A was occupied from about 1825 to 1920. Documentary...

On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger), has completed a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133) in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. The work was carried out under Task Orders 8 and 11 of Agreement No. 1538. The Noxon Tenancy Site had been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D because it contains information important to...

List of catalog and object data on sherds that constitute inferred ceramic vessels from features at the Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133), used to calculate a minimum number of vessels (MNV)

combined Phase II and III artifact catalog for Noxon Tenancy Site (7NC-F-133), includes identified floral and faunal specimen

Laboratory photo of selected Caprine (sheep/goat) faunal elements. Top-left: pelvis recovered from Feature 66, Stratum A, Level 1 (274.36). Bottom-left: mandible recovered from Feature 4, Stratum A, Level 1, Southeast 1/2 (167.29). Center-right: tibia recovered from Feature 8, Stratum A, Level 1 (181.31). Far-right: metacarpal recovered from Feature 1, Stratum A, Level 2 (79.31).

Field photo of Feature 1, the cellar, North profile after bisection.

Field photo of Feature 2, a well, opening of Level 13 after excavation of upper layers and mechanical removal of surrounding subsoil, View to North.

Field photo of Feature 34, a well, after completion of excavation showing remnats of wooden cribbing and water table, View to South.

Field photo of Feature 4, cellar pit, East profile after bisection.

Field photo of black-glazed redware porringer fragment recovered from Feature 39, a pit, Stratum A, Level 3, South 1/2 (Cat./Spec. 255.1)

Field photo of scratch-blue white salt-glazed stoneware tea caddy fragment after recovery from Feature 1, the cellar, Stratum A, Level 2 (Cat./Spec. No. 66.12)

Field photo from elevated platform after completion of excavation, View to North.

Field photo of re-fitting Staffordshire slipware porringer fragments recovered from Feature 8, a possible cellar, Stratum B, Level 2 (Cat./Spec. No. 182.5)

On behalf of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Louis Berger), has completed a Phase III archaeological data recovery at the Noxon Tenancy (7NC-F-133) in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. The work was carried out under Task Orders 8 and 11 of Agreement No. 1538. The Noxon Tenancy Site had been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D because it contains information important to...

The Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] is a Euro-American farmstead occupied during the second quarter of the 18th century. It lies in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, in a location east of the Choptank Road: itself one of the earliest north-south overland routes in this part of Delaware. This site itself was placed immediately adjacent to a now-vanished secondary cart road that branched off the Choptank Road a short distance to the south, and close to the still-extant wooded...

MS Access database containing the subsurface and artifact inventory data for the Phase I investigation of the Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128]

MS Access database containing the subsurface and artifact inventory data for the Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] Phase II investigation

Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] Phase III Field and Artifact Photographs

MS Access database containing the subsurface and artifact data from the Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] Phase III investigation

The Cardon/Holton Site [7NC-F-128] is a Euro-American farmstead occupied during the second quarter of the 18th century. It lies in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, in a location east of the Choptank Road: itself one of the earliest north-south overland routes in this part of Delaware. This site itself was placed immediately adjacent to a now-vanished secondary cart road that branched off the Choptank Road a short distance to the south, and close to the still-extant wooded...

Phase II Archaeological Survey and Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery Rumsey/Polk Tenant/Prehistoric Site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492) U.S. Route 301, Levels Road Mitigation Site St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware DelDOT Parent Agreement 1537, Task 8 3.3 acres of 123.21 acre tract Fieldwork Dates: Richard Grubb & Associates (RGA) conducted a Phase II (evaluation-level) archaeological survey and a Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery within Locus 1 of the Rumsey/Polk...

Top Row, Far Left: Pipe Stem (PCN 1034). Second Row, From Left to Right: Pipe Stem (PCN 1034); Pipe Stem (PCN 1035). Far Right, Left to Right: Wrought Nail (PNC 1035); Bone (PCN 1035). Bottom Row, Left to Right: Pipe Bowl (PCN 1035); Pipe Bowl (PCN 1035); Button (PCN 1035); Pewter Spoon Fragment (PCN 1034); Pewter Spoon Fragment (PCN 1034); Glass Bead (PCN 1034).

Left to Right: Teapot (PCN 774, 775, 966, 967, 968, 972, 973; 250c); Lid (PCN 775; 250c).

Iron Saddle Frame Recovered from Feature 5

Living on the Border: Phase II Archaeological Survey and Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery Rumsey/Polk Tenant/Prehistoric site (7NC-F-112, CRS # N-14492) U.S. Route 301-Levels Road Mitigation Site St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware DelDOT Parent Agreement 1537, Task 8 Project acreage: 3.3 acres of 123.21 acre tract Fieldwork Dates: Phase II Archaeological Survey: December 6, 2010-May 26, 2011 Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery: July 9, 2012-August 27, 2012 RGA,...

Left to Right: Glass Dial Face (PCN 919); Glass Bead (PCN 780); Jewelry Setting (PCN 958); Decorative Metal (PCN 878); Watch Gear (PCN 916); Bead (PCN 956).

1848 Lewis Cass Presidential Pipe Bowl from Features 6 and 163. (PCN 782 and 1097).

Left to Right: Brass Button (PCN 997); Brass Button (PCN 970); Pewter USA Button (PCN 960); White Metal Button (PCN 1035); Decorative Button (PCN 1083).

Top Row, Left to Right: Wheildonware (PCN 1089; 4c); White Salt Glazed Stoneware (PCN 1112; 27c); Earthenware Teapot (PCN 1087; 114c). Bottom Row, Left to Right: China Glaze Saucer (PCN 970; 1); Porcelain (PCN 1087); Porcelain (PCN 1086); Porcelain Saucer (PCN 1086; 23c).

Phase II Historic Artifact Catalog

Phase II Prehistoric artifact catalog

Phase III Historic Artifact Catalog

Phase III Prehistoric artifact catalog

Top Row, Left to Right: Prehistoric Ceramic (PCN* 1094); Chert Biface (PCN 964); Jasper Biface, Amos-like corner notched (PCN 1155); Chert Biface, LeCroy-like, bifurcated base (PCN 1156); Chert Biface tip (PCN 1158). Bottom Row, Left to Right: Quartz Scraper (PCN 962); Quartz Biface, Bare Island-like (PCN 953); Chert Biface, Poplar Island-like (PCN 957); Quartz Biface (PCN 962). *Provenience Control Number

Top Row: Plate fragment (PCN 975; 73c). Bottom Row, Left to Right: Saucer (PCN 1094; 70c); Saucer (PCN 782; 71c); Cup (PCN 878; 61c); Cup (PCN 976; 67c).

Surveyors Dividers (PCN 961).