tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post-35052935923145350072008-05-07T06:47:00.002-04:002008-05-07T06:56:35.384-04:00I was out surface-collecting with Pete and Elsie yesterday. We found unequivocal evidence of a pre-Revolutionary War site.<br /><br />Of the hundreds of objects that we mapped and collected, we found no Pearlware ceramics (1780s+), some Creamware (1764+), Chinese porcelain (18th through early 19th centuries), tin-glazed earthenware (18th century), and lots of white salt-glazed stoneware (1720s to ca. 1800).<br /><br />There are a few later ceramics, but they are so few and scattered that they probably represent a later occupation.<br /><br />These historic materials are interspersed with lots of prehistoric lithic artifacts, mostly flakes, and two early prehistoric projectile points. There is a fair amount of oyster shell that I suspect is associated with the historic occupation, not the prehistoric. If the latter is as old as I think it is (Archaic), oyster was not available in the area at the time those peoples lived along the Port Tobacco River.<br /><br />Again, we have a large amount of data to process, so I don't have any images to post at the moment. We also have much more to collect in the field.<br /><br />JimJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16395015722370190000noreply@blogger.com