I use the Fall line to demarcate the Tidewater region; however, this discussion is as appropriate for the Piedmont. If I find a white salt-glazed stoneware sherd in a shovel test pit, and nothing much else in the vicinity, I still have to explain how that sherd got there. Barring obvious evidence of filling, my first guess has to be that there is a low-density 18th century site in the area.
The fun starts in trying to define the site because close interval shovel testing may not yield enough artifacts to define its extent with confidence. Plowzone sampling beyond shovel tests, in such circumstances, seems wasteful. Stripping the plowzone has worked best for me, but even then it is a bit of a scavenger hunt trying to guess, with limited machine time, where those features might be.
Jim Gibb
Annapolis, MD USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Kate Dinnel and Silas Hurry
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:10 AM
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Subject: Re: MAAC Call For Papers
Bill and Jim:
How are you defining Tidewater-below the Fall Line?
Silas Hurry
Historic St. Mary's City(well within the Tidewater)
> Jim,
>
> "These are the kinds of sites that might be written off in compliance
> investigations." Yes!!! and that is why I would like to chair this session.
> These types of sites are written off all too frequently as "field scatter".
> Typically the few early artifacts are listed in the catalog and ignored in
> the text. That is if they identified correctly in the first place. This is
> not to say early sites are not found outside of the tidewater area or that
> all CRM firms are guilty of this practice. My concern is that the database
> is being skewed by the absence of sites in areas where they should be. I
> would be interested in seeing how many early historic sites (on average) are
> excavated each year by CRM firms.
>
> Finding these sites during the Phase I investigations is difficult. As you
> said "All, and especially two of them, yielded very few artifacts from
> shovel testing or surface collecting." Early historic artifacts should be
> treated like fluted points. Would archaeologist downplay, misinterpret or
> ignore a fluted point...certainly not (or at least I hope not). Early
> historic sites, (those completely forgotten by the written record) deserve
> better, more intense investigations. When early artifacts are present
> either from surface collecting or shovel testing, Phase II testing should
> involve non-conventional excavation strategies, such as stripping and
> trenches versus smaller square units scattered on a grid. The geography
> should also be taken into account (drainage, wind currents and sun
> exposure).
>
> Well you get my drift. Jim I would welcome a paper from you on your sites
> in the session, since they sound exactly like what I am looking for.
>
> Bill Liebeknecht
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of James
> Gibb
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: MAAC Call For Papers
>
>
> Fellow HistArchers:
> In a recent posting, Bill Liebeknecht announced a call for papers for the
> 2005 Middle Atlantic Archaeology Conference. I couldn't help noticing the
> title of a session that he proposes: Early 18th Century Sites Outside of the
> Tidewater
> Area--Where are they? I have recently completed work on two late 17th/early
> 18th century domestic sites, and have a third in progress, in Maryland's
> Tidewater region. All, and especially two of them, yielded very few
> artifacts from shovel testing or surface collecting. These are the kinds of
> sites that might be written off in compliance investigations. All three have
> yielded patterned subplowzone features. So my answer to Bill is that they
> may be all around us, but we may need to think very carefully about how to
> find and recognize them.
> Jim Gibb
> Annapolis, MD USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William B. Liebeknecht
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: MAAC Call For Papers
>
> The 2005 Annual Conference
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> 35TH ANNUAL MEETING OF
> THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
>
> March 11th-13th, 2005
> Atlantic Sands Hotel and Conference Center
> <http://www.atlanticsandshotel.com/>
> Oceanfront and Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971
> Reservations: 1-800-422-0600
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> The 35th Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference
> will be held at the Atlantic Hotel and Conference Center in Rehoboth Beach,
> DE, from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13, 2005. Please identify
> yourself to Atlantic Sands staff as a MAAC registrant to get the conference
> rate.
> Individuals who wish to register for the conference and who are not giving
> papers should register before March 1, 2005. There will be a $5.00 added
> late registration fee for all who register after March 1 and at the door.
> http://www.maacmidatlanticarchaeology.org/conference_registrationform.htm>.
> Or you can register on-line for a small additional fee.
>
> Field Trips (Thursday)
> Cara Blume, Tour of the Cape Henlopen Archaeological District .
> Chuck Fithian, Tour of the DeBraak hull at Zwaanendael Museum
> Call for Papers
> Please send abstracts for fifteen to twenty-minute papers and posters by
> January 20th electronically to William Liebeknecht
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or to Scott Emory
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Abstracts may also be submitted in MSWord on
> disc to Bill Liebeknecht, MAAC Program Chair, c/o Hunter Research, Inc.120
> West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08608-1185, or Scott A. Emory, MAAC
> Program Chair, c/o A.D. Marble & Company 347 High Street Suit 2-C,
> Burlington, New Jersey 08016.
> Abstracts should include a title for the paper, the author's name, mailing
> address, and email address. The abstract should be a maximum of 150 words
> and should summarize the content. A limit of two submissions per author
> will be accepted.
> For organized sessions, the program chairs request session organizers to
> submit the session abstract and paper abstracts as a package. Session
> chairs should contact the program chairs prior to the submission of a
> session abstract.
> Membership dues and registration fees are due by January 20, 2005 . Failure
> to submit dues by this date will result in disqualification of the paper.
> Please make checks payable to MAAC in U.S. Funds.
> Send registration fees to Bill Liebeknecht or Scott Emory.
> Contact Faye Stocum <mailto:[log in to unmask]> for membership status;
> send membership subscriptions to her
> <http://www.maacmidatlanticarchaeology.org/>. (Click here for membership
> information <http://www.maacmidatlanticarchaeology.org/membership.htm>;
> click here for the membership form
> <http://www.maacmidatlanticarchaeology.org/memberform.htm>.)
> For information concerning the Bookroom, contact Ed Otter
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
> Students! Take note-
> Papers are also requested for the Third Annual Student Paper Competition.
> Papers will be judged by a panel of MAAC member judges with diverse
> backgrounds in the field of archaeology. The papers will be judged on
> content and presentation. Winners will receive a monetary prize and a
> certificate of award from the MAAC President. All papers will be considered
> for publication in the Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology.
> Preliminary Program
> Matt Tomaso Tales of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow:
> Post-bellum through 21st Century
> Archaeologies
>
> Rich Veit Military Sites in the Middle Atlantic Region
>
> Bill Liebeknecht Early 18th Century Sites Outside of the Tidewater
> Area:
> Where Are They?
>
> Barb Silber Archaeology and Folklore
>
> Kevin Cunningham DELDOT-SHPO GIS systems
>
> Scott Emory Prehistoric Site Formation and the Environment
>
>
> Friday Night Discussion: Indigenous Issues 7-9 p.m.
> Cara Lee Blume
>
> WORKSHOP: Lithic Workshop
> (Sunday) By Jack Cresson
> Fee: $35.00
>
>
>
> Poster Session (Friday - Saturday), Book Room:
>
> Exhibits/Book Room:
> The exhibit hall will be available to any person or organization that wishes
> to display and/or sell books or other products of interest to Middle
> Atlantic archaeologists. Interested parties should contact the local
> arrangements chair for further details.
>
> Contact Information:
> Program Chairs:
> Scott Emory <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, prehistoric archaeology; AD
> Marble, Inc., 347 High Street, Suite C, Burlington, NJ 08016; (609) 239-8911
> Bill Liebeknecht <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, historic archaeology;
> Hunter Research, Inc., 120 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608-1185; (609)
> 695-0122
>
> Membership Secretary:
> Faye Stocum <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, MAAC Membership Secretary, DE
> SHPO, 21 The Green Suite A, Dover, DE 19901; (302) 739-5685
>
> Local Arrangements Chair:
> Ed Otter <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> William B. Liebeknecht
> Principal Investigator
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> Hunter Research, Inc.
> 120 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
> (609) 695-0122 Telephone
> (609) 695-0147 Facsimile
> www.hunterresearch.com
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