Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18ST75 Feature 641B
Feature Notes: Trash pit/dump, exposed portion excavated. Relatively shallow lens, 0.60 foot thick at deepest point. Contained significant numbers of both red and yellow brick, as well as oyster shells and 18th century artifacts. Artifact count not available.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Middle
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Upper Notley
Associated Features:
Report ID: ST27
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Trash Pit/Dump
Feature Date: 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 18th century
 

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: 18ST75
County: St Marys
Site Name: Upper Notley
Brief Description: Early 18th-century house site; mid- to late 18th-century standing structure and trash pit
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Many structural features were uncovered relating to an earlier structure adjacent to Notley Hall. These features are discussed in the report, however, only two features were excavated.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Building/Foundation; Domestic; Homestead; Midden/Dump; STU/Lithic Scatter; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: ST27
Author: Pogue, Dennis
Date: 1981
Title: Archaeological Investigations at Notley Hall (18ST75), St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Imprint: Maryland Historical Trust Manuscript Series No. 21.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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