Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18CR226 Cellar
Feature Notes: Phase II determined that archaeological deposits associated with the cellar include cellar hole, debris from fire, fill used to seal the cellar, dirt floor. Remnant of bulkhead entrance suggests the cabin may have been built on foundation. Feature date refers to build date, not fill date.
Macrofeature: 18CR226 Cellar
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Free
Ethnic Status: African American
Household: Elizabeth Lowry
Associated Features: Cellar, Features 7,8,9,10
Report ID: CR52
No of Artifacts: 18472
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole
Feature Date: 1860s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1863 - 1866
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
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:
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:
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: CR52
Author: Jones, Lynne, Katherine L. Farnham, Charles E. Goode, Wade P. Catts, and William J. Chadwick
Date: 2009
Title: Phase III Data Recovery. Elizabeth Lowry Site (18CR226) Carroll County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archaeological Report No. 351.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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