Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR96 Feature 49
Feature Notes: The large pit appears to be a cellar or other pit feature such as a privy. A sample from the interior of stoneware crock was submitted for analysis, but nothing was identified.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR593
No of Artifacts: 1154
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole; Pit, Unknown; Privy
Feature Date: 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 18th - early 20th c.
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: ceramic residue analysis
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: Yes
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18PR96
County: Prince Georges
Site Name: Indian Queen Tavern
Brief Description: Late 18th- to early 19th-century tavern; 19th-century residence/funeral home/ cabinetmaker; Archaic & Late Woodland
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes:
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Unknown Prehistoric Context
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Commercial; Domestic; Recreational; STU/Lithic Scatter; Tavern/Inn; Unknown Prehistoric

REPORT DATA

Report ID: PR593
Author: Crowl, Heather, Benjamin Stewart, Carey O'Reilly, and Kathleen Furgerson
Date: 2012
Title: Bladensburg Archeological Investigations: Magruder House (18PR982), Market Master House (18PR983), and Indian Queen Tavern Site (18PR96), Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Imprint: 3 vols. SHA Archeological Report No. 432.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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