Susquehanna, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (1998.036)

Summary

This project contains artifact distribution data and photographs from Phase II excavations at Susquehanna, Maryland in 1987-1988.

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.

Cite this Record

Susquehanna, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (1998.036). ( tDAR id: 391681) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81R6RXM

URL: http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic-old/Small%20Finds/Site%20Summaries/18ST399%2...


Spatial Coverage

min long: -76.475; min lat: 38.245 ; max long: -76.374; max lat: 38.312 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Federal Curator; Michael Smolek

Contributor(s): Julia A. King

Sponsor(s): Navy

Repository(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory

Prepared By(s): Southern Maryland Regional Center

Record Identifiers

Maryland Historical Trust Report #(s): ST 64

MAC Lab Accession Number(s): 1998.036

Notes

General Note: The following physical records are held at MAC Lab: Field Notes, Lab Notes, Maps, Report, Black & White Negatives, Black & White Prints, Black and White Contact Sheets, Kodachrome Slides, Photologs, List of Documentation, acid-free copy of all paper records stored in the secondary records storage room

General Note: Date Collected:1987-1988

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Datasets

  1. Distribution Data, Susquehanna, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (1989)
    DATASET Julia A. King. Southern Maryland Regional Center.

    This resource is an artifact distribution dataset from Phase II excavations at Susquehanna, Maryland.