FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18FR323 Cemetery |
| Feature Notes: |
Range of ages, buried according to Christian tradition, identified boudaries of cemetery. 26 graves ID & sexed. (Remains curated at Smithsonian) |
| Macrofeature: |
18FR323 Cemetery |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
Features 1-35 |
| Report ID: |
FR24 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Historic Burial; Historic, Other |
| Feature Date: |
1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
1790-1840 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| 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?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18FR323 |
| County: |
Frederick |
| Site Name: |
18FR323 Catoctin/Renner Burial Ground |
| Brief Description: |
Late 18th to early 19th-century African-American cemetery |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
Some discrepencies exist between ages given in reports and in appendices. (Remains curated at Smithsonian) |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American |
| Site Function: |
Cemetery; Historic Burial Area; Sepulchre; Slave-related |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
FR24 |
| Author: |
Burnston, Sharon Ann |
| Date: |
1981 |
| Title: |
Archaeological Data Recovery at Catoctin Furnace Cemetery, Frederick County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
MAAR Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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