Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18FR323 Feature 5
Feature Notes: Sex unknown, child (+/- 4). (Remains curated at Smithsonian)
Macrofeature: 18FR323 Cemetery
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Lower
Ethnic Status: African American
Household:
Associated Features: Cemetery, 1-35
Report ID: FR23B, FR24
No of Artifacts: 30
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic Burial
Feature Date: 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1790-1840
 

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: 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: FR23B
Author: Orr, Kenneth G.
Date: 1980
Title: Interim Report of the Catoctin Furnace Archaeological Mitigation Project.
Imprint: Orr & Son, Archaeological Consultants, Alexandria, VA.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   
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.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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