FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18DO58 Dwelling |
| Feature Notes: |
Mostly volunteer-excavated project with limited records and no report. Dwelling as a whole included building foundations, root cellar, chimney, hearth, and walkway. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
High |
| Ethnic Status: |
Euro-American |
| Household: |
Preston, Foorde, Pindar |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
XX26 |
| No of Artifacts: |
26825 |
| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Cellar/Cellar Hole; Hearth/Chimney; Structural Foundation; Walkway |
| Feature Date: |
1660s; 1670s; 1680s; 1690s; 1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
~1669 - 1770 |
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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: |
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| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18DO58 |
| County: |
Dorchester |
| Site Name: |
Horn Point |
| Brief Description: |
Late 17th- and 18th-century house site; Late Archaic and Middle & Late Woodland short-term camp |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Excavations were mostly performed by volunteers. Field records are limited, therefore, this assemblage is being presented as a whole, rather than on a feature-by-feature basis, including all of the components making up the dwelling house.
A radiocarbon date of 205+/-65, AD 1745 was obtained from the site. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1675-1720; ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Woodland |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Farmstead; Multi-component; Possible Structure; STU/Lithic Scatter |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
XX26 |
| Author: |
Field Records |
| Date: |
n.d. |
| Title: |
Original Field Records for 18DO58. |
| Imprint: |
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Field notes on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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