FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18PR225 Feature 3 1988 |
| Feature Notes: |
Log cabin or possible slave cabin. Deeply buried refuse deposit. Tested by STP. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Lower |
| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
PR103 |
| No of Artifacts: |
47 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Trash Pit/Dump |
| Feature Date: |
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| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
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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: |
1/4 inches |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18PR225 |
| County: |
Prince Georges |
| Site Name: |
Melwood Park |
| Brief Description: |
18th- to 19th-century plantation complex |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
A complex comprised of an 18th-century main house and standing or buried remains of various outbuildings. Archaeological testing of this site was carried out in 1988, 1996, 2002 and 2011. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1720-1780; 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; Mansion; Midden/Dump; Plantation; Slave-related |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
PR103 |
| Author: |
Payne, Ted M., and Kenneth Baumgardt |
| Date: |
1989 |
| Title: |
Archeological Investigations at Melwood Park Plantation (18PR225) Prince Georges County, Maryland |
| Imprint: |
MAAR Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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