Final Report, Phase II Archaeological Investigation of Five Archaeological Sites, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Webster Field Annex, St. Mary’s County, Maryland (2013.016)
Creators: name: Bedell, John
name: Katz, Gregory
Publisher: name: The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: St. Mary's County (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1262/st-marys-county-county
subject: Webster Field Annex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78226/webster-field-annex
subject: St. Inigoes
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/46582/st-inigoes
subject: Maryland (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2184/maryland-state-territory
subject: Naval Air Station Patuxent River
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78247/naval-air-station-patuxent-river
subject: Prehistoric
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/53/prehistoric
subject: Historical
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3626/historical
subject: Archaic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/8/archaic
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: 18ST637
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9266/18st637
subject: 18ST331
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9461/18st331
subject: 18ST353
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9462/18st353
subject: 18ST362
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9463/18st362
subject: 18ST635
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/9464/18st635
subject: Archaeological Feature
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/339/archaeological-feature
subject: Artifact Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/340/artifact-scatter
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Glass
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/6/glass
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: Metal
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/11/metal
subject: Compliance
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/139229/compliance
subject: Navy
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/139086/navy
subject: Phase II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/43064/phase-ii
subject: Data Recovery / Excavation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/5/data-recovery-excavation
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: On behalf of the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (LBG), carried out site evaluation studies (Phase II archaeological investigations) of five sites at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Webster Field Annex in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. The overall purpose of the investigations was to determine if the five archaeological sites meet the criteria for eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). There are no immediate plans to develop these sites, but these areas may be impacted by future construction. Four of these sites were initially identified during the 1981 field school survey of Webster Field, and the other was first reported by an amateur collector. LBG recommends none of these sites as eligible for listing in the NRHP at this time. Sites18ST365 and 18ST637 have not been entirely evaluated. Site 18ST331 is a dense scatter of brick pieces in an active agricultural field near the Chapel Field complex, possibly the remains of a brick clamp from the Jesuit period of occupation in the seventeenth century. Testing showed that the brick is mostly in small fragments and produced no features or evidence of burning. Site 18ST331 may be the remains of a brick clamp, but this is not certain, and at any rate the site lacks the integrity to be considered eligible for the NRHP. Site 18ST365 is a multi-component site in an old field near the airfield control tower. The current project did not attempt to evaluate the prehistoric component of the site, which is quite large, but focused on a dense scatter of brick thought to the remains of a nineteenth-century brick barn demolished during World War II. No foundations were found, and if they were in this location they have probably been destroyed. The prehistoric component, which is much larger, might conceivably be determined eligible by a future study of the site, but the remains of the nineteenth-century brick barn are recommended as not eligible for the NRHP. Sites 18ST353, and 18ST362 are thin artifact scatters in old plowed fields. Only a handful of artifacts were recovered from these sites, all from the plowzone. They lack the integrity and information potential to be considered eligible for listing in the NRHP. Site 18ST637 was originally defined as a very large site, extending for more than 1000 feet along the shoreline of the St. Marys River. Only part of this site is within Webster Field property. The evaluation focused only on the part of the site within Webster Field property, in a grassy field that is a potential development site. That portion of the site is a thin artifact scatter in an old plowed field, lacking the integrity and information potential to be eligible for listing on the NRHP.