Archeological Site Survey, Basic Data Report, BPI_0516, N.D.

Part of the Blossom Point Project Page (DRAFT) project

Year: 2018

Summary

This shell midden consists of approximately 8 acres. Four stps placed within this area recorded depths between 20 and 30cmbs. A rhyolite flake was found in one of the stps within the midden area. A small quantity of oyster shell was recovered in three stps along the cliff. Prehistoric material distribution (including one non-diagnostic ceramic sherd) was thinly scattered throughout most sections of the test area, which extended some 400m further southwest from the oyster shell concentration.

A scatter of 18th century artifacts was found in the southwestern part of the test area, located between 100 and 350m southwest of the prehistoric shell midden. This area was not given a separate site designation, and the artifacts were thought to have been associated with the nearby Blossom Point Farmhouse or Ballast House site at 18CH216. These artifacts included tin-glazed earthenware, pearlware, creamware, a pipe bowl fragment, a clear bottle glass fragment, nails, and brick fragments.

Cite this Record

Archeological Site Survey, Basic Data Report, BPI_0516, N.D.. 2018 ( tDAR id: 440995) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8440995

Keywords

Culture
Historic • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Creamware • Earthenware • Glass • Metal • Pearlware • Rhyolite • Shell

Site Name
18CH216 • 18CH482 • Ballast House • Blossom Point Farmhouse • Locus 5-A

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Midden

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Collections Management

Geographic Keywords
Blossom Point, MD • Charles County (County) • Maryland (State / Territory) • Mathias Point, MD • Nanjemoy Creek

Spatial Coverage

min long: -79.514; min lat: 38.565 ; max long: -76.349; max lat: 39.749 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): Harry Diamond Laboratories, Adelphi, MD

Repository(s): Adelphi Laboratory

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Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District