FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CR226 Privy/Shaft Feature |
| Feature Notes: |
Tested during Phase II but investigators were unable to reach the base. Still standing in 1980. May have originally functioned as a cistern. Fill dates to mid 19th century. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
CR24 |
| No of Artifacts: |
1895 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Privy; Well/Cistern |
| Feature Date: |
1840s; 1850s; 1860s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
Fill dates to mid 19th c. |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| 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?: |
Yes |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18CR226 |
| County: |
Carroll |
| Site Name: |
Lowry (Elizabeth Lowry House) |
| Brief Description: |
Mid-19th- to 20th-century African-American extant house and site |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
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| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American; Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Frame-built; Homestead; Spring/Well |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
CR24 |
| Author: |
Catts, Wade, Joseph Balicki, and Elizabeth O'Brien |
| Date: |
1998 |
| Title: |
Phase II Archeological Investigations of the Drechsler (18CR224) and Elizabeth Lowry (18CR226) Sites, Md. 140 Westminster Bypass, Carroll County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
SHA Archaeological Report No. 150. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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