Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BA370 TU1 Burned Layer
Feature Notes: Burned layer. Seen as clear evidence of documented burning of earlier house during the War of 1812.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Todd
Associated Features:
Report ID: BA150
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Historic, Other
Feature Date:
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1814
 

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: 18BA370
County: Baltimore County
Site Name: Todd's Inheritance
Brief Description: Mid- to late 17th- to 20th-century plantation
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Although described as Phase I, the excavation of 5 test units in addition to shovel test pits meets the criteria for Ph. II. The extant Todd House was built ca. 1816. A total of 121 shovel test pits and test units were excavated. A total of 3580 historic artifacts were recovered. Features recorded in shovel test pits are not included in the database.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American; Anglo-American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Other Structure; Plantation; Possible Structure; Slave-related

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BA150
Author: Jones, Lynne, Katherine L. Farnham, and Donna J. Seifert
Date: 2001
Title: Phase I Archeological Investigation of the House Precinct at Todd’s Inheritance (18BA370) North Point, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Imprint: John Milner Associates.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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