Archaeology in Annapolis
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Item A Cultural Resource Survey of the College Creek Area, Annapolis, Maryland (18AP46)(1987) Shackel, Paul A.; Williams, Eileen; Ernstein, Julie H.The following report describes a phase I survey of the College Creek area. In this area, a total of 177 shovel tests completed. The survey revealed a shell midden, tentatively identified as belonging to the Woodland phase. In addition, disturbances caused by a railroad and concrete factory were noted. Further excavation is needed to ascertain the complete nature of the College Creek site, 18AP46.Item Archaeological Testing at the 193 Main St. Site, 18AP44, Annapolis, Maryland(1986) Shackel, Paul A.; Secreto, PatriciaDuring the Fall of 1985, Mr. Paul Pearson and associates, owners of 193 Main St., Annapolis, Maryland, approached Historical Annapolis Inc. to perform archaeological testing on this property. Mr. Pearson and associates have proposed the construction of a small shopping and business mall on this plot of land, which presently serves as a parking lot, as well as on the adjacent property which contains the Playhouse Theater. According to two reports produced under the sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1971 & 1983), this section of Main St. has been an area of social and political significance since the turn of the 18th century. based on the high probability of finding significant archaeological remains, a six week program of testing was planned in the parking lot. This work plan called for an average crew of four field assistants and one supervisor. Excavations began on December 2, 1985 and ended on Jan 17, 1986. Archaeological remains uncovered within the project area were located, identified, and evaluated for potential significance. Funding for this project was generously provided by Mt. Paul Pearson and associates.Item Excavations at St. Anne's Churchyard, 18AP43, Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland(1988) Shackel, Paul A.; Galke, Laura J.; Austin, P.Archaeological investigations at St. Anne's Churchyard, I8AP43, Annapolis, Maryland were conducted at three different times. First, in 1985, were the archaeological excavations of a trench in the churchyard which was to be disturbed by Baltimore, Gas and Electric. This area was previously disturbed as several disarticulated human bones were found. Second, in 1987, there was an excavation in the east yard to explore the brick feature which was being impacted by the digging of a planting hole. Archaeological explorations revealed a burial vault. In that same year, there were excavations in an area that was to be impacted by the construction of a ramp for handicap access. These explorations revealed several haphazardly placed burials all facing in an east-west direction. There was a significant amount of alterations in the churchyard during the past two years, especially with the planting of trees and the trenching for an underground sprinkler system. There has been some previous disturbance in the churchyard, when gas and water lines were laid as early as the late 19th century, but on the whole, there are many undisturbed colonial burials still intact. St. Anne's is an important cultural resource, and any other alterations to the yard should be preceded only by controlled excavations.Item Excavations at the State House Inn Site, 18AP42, 15 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland(1988) Shackel, Paul A.; Hopkins, Joseph W., III; Williams, EileenDuring the spring of 1985, archaeological excavations were conducted at the State House Inn, 18AP42, 15 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland. Work was conducted by "Archaeology in Annapolis," a cooperative project between Historic Annapolis, Inc. and the University of Maryland, College Park. This site is located within zone seven of the Maryland Archaeological Research Units (Figures 1, 2 & 3). A two-week program of testing in March, 1985 was carried out in the yard on State Circle. On the basis of positive results from this testing, six more weeks of excavations were carried out. This report summarizes the results of both phases of the excavations. Excavations were directed by Joseph W. Hopkins III, with the assistance of Donald Creveling and Paul Shackel. These excavations were part of a larger investigation of the Baroque town plan of Annapolis, laid out by Governor Francis Nicholson in 1695. This plan served as a framework around which the town grew over the next three centuries. Available historic records do not adequately document the development of the plan to its present form. The excavation program was a first step in a program to recover information about the gradual change of the city plan.Item Preliminary Report Archaeological Excavations at the Newman Street Site, Annapolis, Maryland(1985) Hopkins, Joseph W., IIIAs part of the Archaeology in Annapolis project in 1984, exploratory excavations were conducted in the play ground in a city park at the corner of Newman Street and Compromise Street. The site, the Newman Street site was used for the Archaeology in Public program. The excavations were part of the larger research strategy of Archaeology in Annapolis. This report summarizes the preliminary results of the 1984 field season.Item Excavations at 178 Prince George's Street, the Back Area of the Brice House, 18AP38, Annapolis, Maryland(1988) Williams, Eileen; Shackel, Paul A.During the spring of 1986, two weeks of archaeological excavations were performed behind 178 Prince George Street, Annapolis, Maryland. This area is considered to be the back area of the Brice House, 18AP38. A brick and stone foundations was recovered. Data from its builder's trench dates this feature to the early first half of the 18th-century, predating by several decades the construction of the Brice House. The structure was probably a stable that may have been incorporated, and rebuilt by Brice.