Archaeological Sites Analyzed in the Project
Eighteen archaeological sites have been analyzed as part of the project. Sixteen of the 18 sites were owned and occupied by English colonists, including landowners and their families, servants and slaves. Hundreds of thousands of artifacts were recovered from these sites, including ceramics, white and red clay tobacco pipes, shell, bone, architectural artifacts, and thousands of so-called “small finds.” Two sites represent Native American households occupied during the second half of the 17th century; the assemblages from both consist overwhelmingly of Indian artifacts, including ceramics, tobacco pipes, and, at one site, shell beads.
The sites are:
- Sandys (44JC802)
- Plantation site near James River in James City County, Virginia, c. 1630-1650
- Carter’s Grove CG-8 (44JC647)
- Dwelling of small planter, part of the early Martin's Hundred settlement in James City County, Virginia, c. 1620s-1650
- Reverend Buck (44JC568)
- Early settlement near Jamestown in James City County, Virginia, c. 1630-1650
- Rich Neck (44WB52)
- Large plantation owned by the Kemp and Ludwell families on James-York Peninsula in Virginia, 1636-c. 1700
- Jordan’s Journey (44PG302)
- Series of sites on Jordan's Point in Prince George's County, Virginia, c. 1620-1635
- Old Chapel Field (18ST233)
- Part of early Jesuit settlement in St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1637-1660
- Clifts (44WM33)
- Plantation owned by Lee family in Westmoreland County, Virginia, c. 1670-1729
- Camden (44CE3)
- Native American site on Rappahannock River, Caroline County, Virginia, c. 1650-1690
- Posey (18CH281)
- Native American site in Charles County, Maryland, c. 1650-1700
- Mattapany (18ST390)
- 17th-century home of Charles Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and Maryland's main weapons magazine, St. Mary’s County, Maryland, 1660s-1740
- Compton (18CV279)
- Tobacco plantation near mouth of Patuxent River in Calvert County, Maryland, 1651-1685
- Patuxent Point (18CV271)
- Tobacco plantation in Calvert County, Maryland, c. 1658-1690s
- King’s Reach (18CV83)
- Part of "St. Leonard" tobacco plantation in Calvert County, Maryland, 1690-1711
- Chaney’s Hills (18AN1084)
- Home of Richard Chaney in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1658-1686
- Chalkley (18AN711)
- Small planter's earthfast dwelling owned by Thomas Jeffe, Jr., 1677-1685
- Burle's Town Land (18AN826)
- Part of 17th-century settlement of "Providence" in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, c. 1650s-1680s
- Homewood's Lot (18AN871)
- Planter's home associated with "Providence", occupied by James Homewood, 1650-1740s
- Bennett’s Point (18QU28)
- Home of Elizabeth and Richard Bennett III in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, 1700-1719