FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18CH379 Locus A |
| Feature Notes: |
Locus A includes the standing Thomas Brown log dwelling, animal pen (chicken coop), ruins of two pole barns, a well and trash pit. Test units in Locus A produced 243 historic artifacts. Shovel test artifact counts not included. A total of 41 prehistoric artifacts were found in test units and shovel tests. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Lower |
| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
Brown |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
CH62 |
| No of Artifacts: |
243 |
| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Hearth/Chimney; Historic, Other; Post in ground Structure; Trash Pit/Dump; Well/Cistern |
| Feature Date: |
1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940 |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
1877-1955 |
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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: |
hardware cloth |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18CH379 |
| County: |
Charles |
| Site Name: |
Area A-1/A-2, Site S A-B |
| Brief Description: |
Prehistoric lithic scatters/short-term camps; late 18th- to 20th-century African-American farm complexes & tenant house |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Site incorporates 3 loci (A, B & S) that mark locations of three individual house sites and associated domestic and agricultural landscape features. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Unknown Prehistoric Context |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Frame-built; Midden/Dump; Production Area; Slave-related; Spring/Well |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
CH62 |
| Author: |
Hornum, Michael, Leo P. Hirrel, Brooke, V. Best, Eliza Edwards, Connie Capozzola, and Lance Trask |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Title: |
Phase II Cultural Resource Evaluation of Nine Sites within the Phase I Development Area, Chapman's Landing, Charles County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Frederick, MD. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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