Archaeological Addendum to the Camden National Historic Landmark, Caroline County, Virginia

The Camden National Historic Landmark is located along the south side of the Rappahannock River, approximately two kilometers downriver from the town of Port Royal in Caroline County, Virginia. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1969, Camden was designated a National Historic Landmark November 11, 1971. The 1969 nomination form described the Camden manor house, constructed 1857-1859, as "one of the most complete and best preserved Italianate country houses in America." One archaeological site, 44CE3, was also discussed in the nomination. Summarized in this addendum are subsequent archaeological surveys by the Virginia State Library and the Division of Historic Landmarks which have produced an inventory of an additional 95 archaeological sites at Camden. Extensive evidence of prehistoric occupation dating from the Archaic and Woodland Periods has been identified on the property. The archaeological remains of Historic Period occupation include sites representing late seventeenth century Native American settlement, the expansion of English colonial settlement in the early eighteenth century, and the development and evolution of a major plantation complex spanning the antebellum and postbellum periods.卡姆登国家历史地标（Camden National Historic Landmark）坐落于拉帕汉诺克河（Rappahannock River）南岸，距弗吉尼亚州卡罗琳县波因特罗亚尔镇下游约2公里。该地标于1969年11月17日被列入《国家史迹名录》（National Register of Historic Places），并于1971年11月11日正式被认定为国家历史地标。1969年的提名文件将1857年至1859年建造的卡姆登庄园主楼描述为“全美最完整、保存最为完好的意大利式乡村宅邸之一”。该提名文件同时提及了编号为44CE3的一处考古遗址。本补编总结了弗吉尼亚州州立图书馆与历史地标司后续开展的考古勘测成果，此次勘测新增了卡姆登范围内共计95处考古遗址的清单。该场地已发现大量可追溯至古风时期（Archaic Period）与伍德兰时期（Woodland Period）的史前人类居住遗存。历史时期的居住考古遗存则涵盖：17世纪晚期的原住民定居点遗址、18世纪早期英国殖民扩张遗迹，以及横跨美国内战前后时期的大型种植园综合体的发展与演变相关遗迹。