Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18FR134 F02, TU3, Postmold (1975)
Feature Notes: 7" diameter, 18" deep. Artifact count unknown.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: FR125
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Posthole/mold - H
Feature Date:
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date:
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
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?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18FR134
County: Frederick
Site Name: Schiefferstadt
Brief Description: Late Archaic & Late Woodland short-term camp & base camp; mid-18th- to 20th-century standing stone house
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: The Schiefferstadt house is a standing stone structure dating from the mid-18th century, with 19th-century additions. The site was investigated by Phase I in 1975, and by two field schools in the late 1980s. The report of more extensive investigations in 1995 was most useful for feature information. 1995 excavations yielded 16, 907 historic and 552 prehistoric artifacts.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Late Archaic; Late Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Native American
Site Function: Base Camp; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Midden/Dump; Multi-component; Privy; Spring/Well; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: FR125
Author: Ballweber, Hettie L., Lori Frye, Justine McKnight, Edwared Otter, Paula Mask, and Eric Jenkins
Date: 1997
Title: History and Archaeology at the Schifferstadt Site (18FR134), Frederick, Maryland.
Imprint: 2 vols. ACS Consultants, Columbia, MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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