FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18HO254 Feature 8 |
| Feature Notes: |
Possible trench (or natural feature) connected to nearby garage/workshop. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Higher |
| Ethnic Status: |
Euro-American |
| Household: |
Montjoy |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
HO97 |
| No of Artifacts: |
23 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Historic, Other |
| Feature Date: |
1800s; 1810s; 1820s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
early 19th century |
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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: |
unknown |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18HO254 |
| County: |
Howard |
| Site Name: |
Montjoy |
| Brief Description: |
Late 18th- to 19th-century occupation; 19th-century standing farmstead |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
The Montjoy site includes multiple standing structures including the mansion house (c. 1820), kitchen, slave quarters, smokehouse and garage/work shed. A circular drive leads to the front of the mansion. ~3547 historic artifacts were recovered. Some artifact counts are attributed to features in catalog and others to unit/level without feature designation. Soil samples collected. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Farmstead; Frame-built; Mansion; Midden/Dump; Spring/Well |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
HO97 |
| Author: |
Hill, Phillip J., Tara Tetrault, Cindy Pfanstiehl, Teresa S. Moyer, Michael P. Roller, and Michael B. McGinnes |
| Date: |
2004 |
| Title: |
Phase II and III Archaeological Investigations of the Fairland Branch Site and the Jackson Homestead (18MO609). Intercounty Connector Project, Montgomery County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
Archeological Testing and Consulting, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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