Feature by Site, 18AP64

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18AP64Maynard Burgess House  (40 features)

FeatureFeature Notes
18AP64 Area 8 Feature 71Mid 19th c cellar, root cellar, filled post 1889, in Trench 8, contains tin cans, a large tip of oyster shell and a tip of coal ash, intact brick walls and wood steps descending to cellar, filled with household refuse when cellar abandoned, central portion of cellar, where food stored, had earthen walls
18AP64 Feature 102Dry laid brick, maybe associated with brick in Areas 4 and 5
18AP64 Feature 107Posthole associated with scaffolding for fire house tower construction
18AP64 Feature 109Concentration of bone believed to be dog burial
18AP64 Feature 1115 inch diameter posthole and mold, probably scaffolding hole for construction of fire house tower for fire station next door
18AP64 Feature 114Artifact concentration, over 1 foot thick
18AP64 Feature 115Partial brick pad in Trench 5, brick paving in rear yard, leading out from cellar door, at least 10-15 feet wide, made of complete and partial brick, laid prior to 1874, sealed by 1874 addition to house
18AP64 Feature 12Edge of single course brick surface
18AP64 Feature 121Two courses of mortared brick overlaying a centered stone in Trench 13, floor/base for coal burning stove and chimney in 1874 addition
18AP64 Feature 124Partial brick pad in Trench 5, brick paving in rear yard, leading out from cellar door, at least 10-15 feet wide, made of complete and partial brick, laid prior to 1874, sealed by 1874 addition to house
18AP64 Feature 126Trash pit in backyard
18AP64 Feature 127Laid brick surface
18AP64 Feature 131Partial brick pad in Trench 5, brick paving in rear yard, leading out from cellar door, at least 10-15 feet wide, made of complete and partial brick, laid prior to 1874, sealed by 1874 addition to house
18AP64 Feature 132Broken up surface of dry laid brick in Trenches 12 and 14
18AP64 Feature 144Trash concentration, high concentation animal bone, complete pewter spoon with 3 cryptic symbols
18AP64 Feature 147Pocket of coal and sheet refuse
18AP64 Feature 1501.9 foot circular ash pit with household garbage and faunal bone
18AP64 Feature 153Layer of mortar and artifacts in Trenches 11 and 15, lot of window glass, faunal and oyster shell, probably represents first archaeological evidence of construction site, construction debris or yard midden, c. 1850-1860
18AP64 Feature 180Brick rubble
18AP64 Feature 29Partial brick pad in Trench 5, brick paving in rear yard, leading out from cellar door, at least 10-15 feet wide, made of complete and partial brick, laid prior to 1874, sealed by 1874 addition to house
18AP64 Feature 30Posthole probably associated with scaffolding for fire house tower construction
18AP64 Feature 34Stone and brick foundation running N-S, partially mortared, 2-3 courses of dry laid stone, robbed brick, and broken brick and stones, predates 1874 house addition, extends into firehouse lot, c. 18 feet long, 8 feet west of back of Maynard-Burgess House, report suggests foundation unfinished and robbed of brick, whiteware under foundation
18AP64 Feature 35Posthole believed to be scaffold hole for constructing post 1915 stone wall along southern edge of property
18AP64 Feature 36Pocket of rodent disturbed brick rubble in Trench 2, possibly related to Feature 34 destruction
18AP64 Feature 41Found against house wall, inside pipe trench for sewer, screw top jar with red fabric, needles, and liquid, Feature 41 is sewer trench associated with 1941 addition
18AP64 Feature 43Circular deposit of coal ash and rubble, no diagnostic artifacts
18AP64 Feature 44Concentration of brick rubble and coal ash, possibly associated with robbing of brick from Feature 29 or construction of post 1874 addition
18AP64 Feature 46Collapse from stone and brick foundation in Trench 4, dense brick rubble, possibly related to Feature 34 destruction
18AP64 Feature 48Thin layer of coal ash and building debris
18AP64 Feature 5Series of soil lenses representing 19th c occupation levels, including a coal ash lense
18AP64 Feature 52Thin layer of coal ash in Trench 5, 0.25 feet thick
18AP64 Feature 53Post 1905 privy, barrel privy, 3 feet diameter, 4.3 feet deep, 1905 dime in fill, excavated in arbitrary levels, majority of artifacts in lowest privy level, 25 glass vessels
18AP64 Feature 54Thin concentration of oyster shell in Trench 6, 0.25 feet thick
18AP64 Feature 55Area of brick rubble in Trench 6, 0.3 feet thick, no diagnostics
18AP64 Feature 56Brick pad in Trench 6, rectangular dry laid, line of stretchers along western border of feature, entire Jackfield teapot lid on surface, 1820 whiteware below brick, possible walkway running from house
18AP64 Feature 58Thin ash lense, 0.1 feet thick in Trench 6, no diagnostic artifacts
18AP64 Feature 67Possible builders trench for Feature 34, brick and stone foundation
18AP64 Feature 76In Trench 9, sealed by Layer A, complete stoneware crock lid, resting on mortar surface, dates to construction of addition
18AP64 Feature 80Dense layer of brick rubble in Trench 9
18AP64 Feature 86Brick and mortar deposit, no artifacts

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