FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18PR225 Building 5 1988 |
| Feature Notes: |
Unknown concrete foundation for outbuilding. Overlays corner of Feature 13. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
PR103 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Structural Foundation |
| Feature Date: |
1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940 |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
mid 19th - 20th c. |
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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: |
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| 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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