FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BA536 Feature 4 |
| Feature Notes: |
Likely the remains of a midden destroyed by historic plowing. Feature artifacts were not separated from test unit count. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Middle |
| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
BA179 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Shell Midden |
| Feature Date: |
1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
~1820-1930 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
No |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
No |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
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| Glass Vessels?: |
No |
| Glass Vessel Notes: |
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| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: |
No |
| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: |
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| 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. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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