Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR705 Feature 2
Feature Notes: May be related to Feature 1. Represents either a shallow cellar or structure base.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR313
No of Artifacts: 502
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole; Structural Foundation
Feature Date: 1740s; 1750s; 1760s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid 18th c.
 

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: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18PR705
County: Prince Georges
Site Name: Pleasant Prospect
Brief Description: Mid-18th- to early 19th-century domestic site
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Plantation site owned by Richard Duckett. Site contains brick cellar and several other buildings associated with it. Phase II by URS, Phase III by Greenhorne and O'Mara. Paleobotanical and faunal analysis conducted for the whole site, not per feature.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Plantation; Possible Structure; Slave-related

REPORT DATA

Report ID: PR313
Author: Crowl, Heather, Justin S. Patton, Jason P. Shellenhamer, Amy Barnes, and Varna Boyd
Date: 2004
Title: Phase I and II Archaeological Investigations of the Pleasant Prospect Plantation Property. Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Imprint: URS Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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