Remedial Archaeological Investigations at Sites 44PG179 and 44PG243, Fort Lee (FL1989.001)

Summary

During the latter part of October 1988, MAAR Associates, Inc. (MAI) conducted field work for the remedial archaeological investigations of sites 44PG179 and 44PG243 located at Fort Lee, Prince George County, Virginia. The investigations consisted of both on-site archaeological excavations and additional historical research which were conducted in order to assess the results of disturbance impacts caused by earth-moving activity at the two sites. The following report presents the findings of the investigation, as well as makes recommendations concerning the sites’ future management.

This project contains a redacted fieldwork report, an artifact catalog and the original artifact inventory list typed in 1988. All of these documents pertain to the archaeological sites 44PG179 and 44PG243, located at Fort Lee, Virginia.

Cite this Record

Remedial Archaeological Investigations at Sites 44PG179 and 44PG243, Fort Lee (FL1989.001). ( tDAR id: 392559) ; doi:10.6067/XCV80R9QV2

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Keywords

Culture
African American • Archaic • Colonial Period • Eighteenth Century • Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Metal

Site Name
44PG176 • 44PG179 • 44PG243

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Hearth • Pit • Post Hole / Post Mold • Refuse Pit • Slave Quarters

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Civil War • Civil War Military Map • Gordon Farmstead • John T. Tinsley • Military Map • Tobacco Pipe

Geographic Keywords
Fort Lee • Prince George County (County) • Virginia (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -77.369; min lat: 37.225 ; max long: -77.297; max lat: 37.271 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Patty Conte

Contributor(s): MAAR Associates, Inc.; Shawn Holsinger; Carol D. Tyrer; Harding Polk II

Collaborator(s): Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers

Repository(s): Fort Lee Regional Archaeological Curation Facility

Record Identifiers

Accession Number (s): FL1989.001

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Documents

  1. Artifact Inventory, Sites 44PG179 and 44PG243, Fort Lee (1990)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text MAAR Associates, Inc..

    This document consists of a letter acknowledging the delivery of artifacts recovered by MAAR Associates, Inc. during Phase II archaeological investigations at Fort Lee in the fall of 1988. Accompanying the letter is an artifact inventory of the delivered artifacts. The archaeological sites involved are both 44PG179 and 44PG243.

  2. Remedial Archaeology Investigations at Sites 44PG179 and 44PG243, Fort Lee, Virginia (1989)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Harding Polk II.

    Archaeological investigations were conducted at two previously recorded sites at Fort Lee (44PG179 and 44PG243) by MAAR Associates, Inc. (MAI) for the Norfolk District of the Army Corps of Engineers. The investigations were performed as a result of surface disturbances from unauthorized heavy equipment activity in order to determine if these disturbances impacted any potential cultural resources. Other than the initial inventory survey, site 44PG243 has never been subjected to archaeological...

Datasets

  1. Artifact Catalog, Sites 44PG179 and 44PG243, Fort Lee (2011)
    DATASET H. Polk.

    Catalog of artifacts excavated at sites 44PG179 and 44PG243 located at Fort Lee, Virginia.