Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BA536 Feature 7
Feature Notes: Test Unit 1 was placed within Feature 1 (cellar hole). Feature 7 is a fieldstone cellar wall associated with Feature 1.
Macrofeature: 18BA470 Cellar Hole
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Middle
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features: Feature 1, 6
Report ID: BA179
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole; Construction Feature, Other; Historic, Other
Feature Date: 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: ~1820-1930
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: No
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BA536
County: Baltimore County
Site Name: AVW/Area 5/Site 1
Brief Description: Mid-19th- to early 20th-century house site
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Phase I & II testing was performed in 2005. Phase I involved excavation of 35 shovel test units during which 2 cultural features were identified & 115 historic artifacts collected. Phase II testing expanded upon the Phase I grid. A total of 193 shovel test pits and 8 3x3 foot test units were excavated. Cultural features including architectural debris, a cellar, well and small outbuilding were identified and likely relate to a mid 19th- to 20th-century farmstead. A total of 3,945 artifacts were recovered during Phase II work including 9 prehistoric, 3,754 historic, and 182 modern artifacts.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: Unknown Ethnicity
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Spring/Well

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BA179
Author: Shellenhammer, Jason, Michael Roller, Ryan Papson, Michael McGinnes, Kelly Cooper, and Philip Hill
Date: 2005
Title: Phase II Archeological Evaluation of Sites 18BA470, 18BA526, 18BA536, and 18BA538 within Areas 2,5,and 9 on the 1,000-acre+/- A.V. Williams Trust Property Located Between Bird River Road and Leland Avenue in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Imprint: Archaeological Testing and Consulting, Inc.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum