A Comparative Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture (www.chesapeakearchaeology.org)

• About the Project
• Site Summaries
  • Sandys
  • Carter’s Grove CG8
  • Reverend Buck
  • Rich Neck Plantation
  • Jordan’s Journey
  • Old Chapel Field
  • Clifts Plantation
  • Camden
  • Posey
  • Mattapany
  • Compton
  • Patuxent Point
  • King’s Reach
  • Chaney’s Hills
  • Chalkley
  • Burle's Town Land
  • Homewood's Lot
  • Bennett’s Point
• Map
• Interpretations and Papers
• Database
• Downloads
• Technical Data

Site Reports

Reports describing the archaeology of the various sites. Links are provided for electronically-available reports.

Sandys

Mallios, Seth. 2000. At the Edge of the Precipice: Frontier Ventures, Jamestown’s Hinterland, and the Archaeology of 44JC802. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Jamestown, VA. (Download PDF) (APVA web page)

Carter's Grove CG-8

Edwards, Andrew C. 2004. Archaeology of a Seventeenth-Century Houselot at Martin’s Hundred, Virginia. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia. (Download PDF)

Reverend Buck

Mallios, Seth, with contributions by Garret Fesler. 1999. Archaeological Excavations at 44JC568, The Reverend Richard Buck Site. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Jamestown, VA. (Download PDF) (APVA web page)

Rich Neck

McFaden, Leslie, Philip Levy, David Muraca, and Jennifer Jones. 1999. Interim Report: The Archaeology of Rich Neck Plantation. Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg. (Download PDF)

Muraca, David, Philip Levy, and Lesie McFaden. 2003. Rich Neck Plantation (44WB52): Description of the Features. Department of Archaeological Research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg. (Download PDF)

Jordan's Journey

McLearen, Douglas C., and L. Daniel Mouer. 1993. Jordan’s Journey II: A Preliminary Report on the 1992 Excavations at Archaeological Sites 44PG302, 44PG303, and 44PG315. Prepared for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. On file, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond.

Morgan, Tim, Nicholas M. Lucchetti, Beverly Strauve, S. Fiona Bessey, and Annette Loomis, with contributions by Charles Hodges. 1995. Archaeological Excavations at Jordan’s Point: Sites 44PG151, 44PG300, 44PG302, 44PG303, 44PG315, 44PG333. Two volumes. Prepared for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. On file, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond.

Mouer, L. Daniel, Douglas C. McLearen, R. Taft Kiser, Christopher P. Egghart, Beverly J. Binns, and Dane T. Magoon. 1992. Jordan’s Journey: A Preliminary Report on Archaeology at Site 44PG302, Prince George County, Virginia, 1990-1991. Prepared for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. On file, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond.

Old Chapel Field

Galke, Laura J., and Alyssa L. Loney. 2000. Phase I Archaeological Investigations Aboard Webster Field Annex, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Report prepared for the Department of Public Works, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. Manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard.

Sperling, Christopher I., and Laura J. Galke. 2001. Phase II Archaeological Investigations of 18ST233 and 18ST329 Aboard Webster Field Annex, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Report prepared for the Department of Public Works, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. Manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard.

Clifts

Neiman, F.D. 1978. Domestic architecture of the Clifts Plantation Site: the social context of early Virginia building. Northern Neck Historical Magazine, 28:3096-3128.

Neiman, F.D. 1980a. The "Manner House" before Stratford (Discovering The Clifts Plantation). Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Stratford VA.

Neiman, F.D. 1980b. Field Archaeology of The Clifts Plantation Site, Westmoreland County, VA. Ms. on file Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Inc. Stratford VA.

Camden

Hodges, Mary Ellen N. 1986. "Archaeological Addendum to the Camden National Historic Landmark, Caroline County, Virginia." Manuscript on file, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond.

MacCord, Howard A. Sr. 1969. Camden: A Postcontact Indian Site in Caroline County. Quarterly Bulletin of the Archeological Society of Virginia 24(1):1-55.

Posey

Barse, William P. 1985. A Preliminary Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Maryland, Volume I: Cornwallis Neck, Bullitt Neck and Thoroughfare Island. Draft report prepared for the Department of the Navy, Chesapeake Division, Naval Facilities Command.

Harmon, James M. 1999. Archaeological Investigations at the Posey Site (18CH281) and 18CH282, Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Charles County, Maryland. Draft manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard.

Posey, Calvert R., Sr. n.d. Matiwataquamend: An Indian Village on the Indian Head Peninsula of the Mattawoman Creek. Ms. on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard.

Mattapany

Chaney, Edward E. 1999. Phase I Archaeological Investigations Near Mattapany, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Report prepared for the Department of Public Works, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. Manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard.

Chaney, Edward E., and Julia A. King. 1999. “A Fair House of Brick and Timber”: Archaeological Excavations at Mattapany-Sewall (18ST390), Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, St. Mary’s County, Maryland. Report prepared for the Department of Public Works, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. Manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, St. Leonard.

Pogue, Dennis J. 1983. Patuxent River Naval Air Station Cultural Resources Survey, Volume I: Archaeology and History. Report prepared for the Public Works Department, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland.

Compton

Gardner, William. 1988. Archaeological Investigations at the Proposed Patuxent Point Development (Phase I) and 18CV272 (Phase II & III) Near Solomons, Maryland. Report prepared for CRJ Associates, Inc., Camp Springs, Maryland.

Louis Berger and Associates, Inc. 1989. The Compton Site, circa 1651-1684, Calvert County, Maryland, 18CV279. Report prepared for CRJ Associates, Inc., Camp Springs, Maryland.

Patuxent Point

Gardner, William. 1988. Archaeological Investigations at the Proposed Patuxent Point Development (Phase 1) and 18CV272 (Phase II and III) Near Solomons, Maryland. Report prepared for CRJ Associates, Inc., Camp Springs, Maryland.

King's Reach

Galke, Laura. 2000. King’s Reach Site (c.1690-1715). Manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

King, Julia A. n.d. 18CV85 File Report. Manuscript on file, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

Pogue, Dennis J. 1990. King’s Reach and 17th-Century Plantation Life. Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Studies in Archaeology No. 1. Maryland Historical & Cultural Publications, Annapolis, MD.

Chaney's Hills

Ballweber, Hettie L. 1999. Phase I and II Archaeological Investigations at the CJV Joint Venture Property, Anne Arundel County, MD. Report prepared by ACS Consultants, Columbia Maryland for GW Koch Associates, Inc. On File with the Maryland Historical Trust and Anne Arundel County Office of Environmental and Cultural Resources, Annapolis, MD.

Chalkley

Luckenbach, Al, Esther Read and Donna Ware. 1995. The Excavations at Jeffe’s Inheritance: The Chalkley Site (18AN711). Maryland Archaeology 31 (1 & 2): 39-58. Journal of the Archaeological Society of Maryland, Crownsville, MD.

Burle's Town Land

Luckenbach, Al. 1995. Providence: The History and Archaeology of Anne Arundel County’s First European Settlement. The Maryland State Archives and the Maryland Historical Trust, Crownsville, MD.

Homewood's Lot

Franz, Lauren and Al Luckenbach. 2005. "The Building Sequence at Homewood’s Lot, Anne Arundel County, Maryland." Expected in Maryland Archaeology Spring 2005. Journal of the Archaeological Society of Maryland, Crownsville, MD.

Luckenbach, Al. 1995. Providence: The History and Archaeology of Anne Arundel County’s European Settlement. The Maryland State Archives and the Maryland Historical Trust. Crownsville, MD.

Bennett's Point

Jacobe, Stephanie A. 2001. "The Bennett’s Point Site:18QU28." Manuscript on file at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory.

Preston, Dickson. 1972. Ozymandias Beside The Chesapeake: Richard Bennett was at One Time the Richest Man on the Continent, and Now There’s Only a Gravestone. The Sun Magazine, November 5, pp. 20-25.

Wesler, Kit W. 1984. Excavations at Icehouse Point, 18QU28: The Sayer-Bennett Plantation. Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Delaware 17:1-28.