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Debitage
Description: Jasper debitage resulted from chipped off larger pieces of stone during the tool making process.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Hammerstone
Description: Quartzite hammerstone was used to strike off lithic debitage in order to make a stone tool such as a knife, scraper, or projectile point.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Raspberry_Yellow_Poplar
Description: Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) and raspberry/blackberry (Rubus sp.) seeds recovered from dig.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Site before excavation
Description: The site area as it looked prior to the start of excavation.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Preparing to excavate
Description: As the excavations progressed, a large area was stripped using a backhoe to remove the deposits capping the site. Archaeologists then excavated with shovels to expose buried archaeological features including hearths and tool manufacturing areas.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Fire-cracked rock
Description: Overview of the results of Phase II archaeological excavations, showing a cluster of fire-cracked rock called Feature 1.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Thick mantle of soil protects archaeological deposits.
Description: The excavations showed that a thick mantle of soil had been deposited over the site, capping and preserving the archaeological deposits.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Cluster of stones probably used in a hearth.
Description: This cluster of stones probably used in a hearth was an early indication of the richness of the site.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Site towards the end
Description: View of the site towards the end of the excavations where several clusters of chipped stone and fire-cracked rock are visible, along with individual test units.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Jack's Reef Pentagonal Point
Description: The Jack's Reef pentagonal is a broad, thin, stemless point. It has a five-sided shape, with straight or slightly concave sides, usually asymmetrical. The base is often straight, but can be curved inward. Length typically ranges from 25 to 44 mm. The…
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Jasper Jack's Reef Corner-Notched Point
Description: The Jack’s Reef corner-notched point is medium-sized, broad and thin. The blade is flat with excurvate (smooth and convex) or angular edges. It generally has a five-sided or egg-shaped form. The base is flared and straight. The stem is…
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Jasper Pentagonal Form
Description: Jasper biface has been re-sharpened into a pentagonal form. It may be a point that was broken during use. After which, an attempt was made to re-sharpen the point while still hafted.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Lance Projectile Point
Description: Savannah River Point found was manufactured of light gray rhyolite similar to materials found on Catoctin Mountain in Maryland.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Rhyolite Jack's Reef Corner
Description: Rhyolite Jack’s Reef, corner-notched point fragments recovered from two areas of the site.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013
Mockley Pottery
Description: Mockley net-impressed pottery was manufactured from 200 to 900 A.D. and is found on Middle Woodland sites on the western shore of Maryland and DelMarVa.
Creators: Richard Ervin, Senior Archaeologist
Date: 2012-2013