Phase I Survey and Predictive Model Testing, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland (2012.043)

Summary

On behalf of the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG), carried out a Phase I archaeological survey of three areas at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Charles County, Maryland. The survey was conducted as part of compliance efforts for Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. The purpose of the Phase I survey was both to determine the presence or absence of archaeological sites in the survey areas and to assess the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of the sites to the extent possible at the Phase I level. The archaeological survey was also conducted to test a predictive model for archaeological resources developed for the installation in 2009.

Both identified sites (18CH815 and 18CH816) are recommended as not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Site 18CH815 is an early twentieth-century domestic site with poor integrity and negligible information potential. Site 18CH816 is a small prehistoric site of unknown age with a very low density of prehistoric debitage; it appears to have good stratigraphic integrity but has low information potential.

The Phase I survey findings, particularly from Survey Area 2, raised questions about the accuracy of the 2009 predictive model. Survey Area 2 was determined to have high potential for prehistoric resources, but no prehistoric sites were identified. In addition, the findings from Survey Areas 1 and 3 showed that very low-density scatters of prehistoric artifacts may be present in areas modeled as low potential. Suggestions are made regarding refinement of the 2009 model: additional testing of the model should take place; and if model refinement is necessary, archaeologists may wish to reconsider treatment of the “distance to water” variable.

This project contains excavation photographs, an artifact inventory, utilized codes and methods, and a final report for a phase I archaeological survey and predictive model testing, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland.

Cite this Record

Phase I Survey and Predictive Model Testing, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland (2012.043). ( tDAR id: 391745) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8J967SM

Spatial Coverage

min long: -77.196; min lat: 38.59 ; max long: -77.16; max lat: 38.605 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory Federal Curator

Sponsor(s): Navy

Repository(s): Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory

Prepared By(s): Louis Berger

Submitted To(s): Department of the Navy

Record Identifiers

Delivery Order(s): 59

MAC Lab Accession Number(s): 2012.043

Contract No.(s): N40080-07-D-0311

Notes

General Note: The following physical records are held at MAC Lab: Field Notes, Artifact Catalog, Report, Color Prints, Photologs, List of Documentation, acid-free copy of all paper records stored in the secondary records storage room

General Note: Date Collected:7/18/2011

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  1. Artifact Inventory, Phase I Survey and Predictive Model Testing, Naval Support Facility Indian Head (2012)
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    This record contains an artifact inventory for phase I archaeological survey and predictive model testing at the Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland by Louis Berger and Associates on 7/18/2011.