FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18FR134 Feature 4 |
| Feature Notes: |
Stone lined privy, 4' x 6', 54" deep. Probably dates from mid-18th century with house, however, may have been cleaned out more than once. Few 18th century artifacts. Apparantly the only feature fully excavated. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
FR125 |
| No of Artifacts: |
8963 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Privy |
| Feature Date: |
1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
mid 18th - late 19th century (?) |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
Yes |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
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| Glass Vessels?: |
Yes |
| 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: |
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. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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