Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18QU28 Cistern IV
Feature Notes:
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Bennett
Associated Features:
Report ID: XX13
No of Artifacts: 510
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole; Trash Pit/Dump
Feature Date: 1680s; 1690s; 1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: late 17th - 1760's
 

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: 18QU28
County: Queen Annes
Site Name: Bennett's Point
Brief Description: Archaic - Woodland lithics, Late 17th- to mid-18th-century plantation house
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Dwelling was destroyed by fire in 1760's. In site burnt floor planks discovered. Excavated by Archaeological Society of DE. Part of NEH Project, but due to unfinished nature of the site records it is unclear as to whether other features were excavated and which artifacts correspond to different areas of the site.
Site Date: Archaic; Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Building/Foundation; Domestic; Frame-built; Midden/Dump; Plantation

REPORT DATA

Report ID: XX13
Author: Field Records
Date: n.d.
Title: Original Field Records for 18QU28.
Imprint:
  Field notes on file at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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