Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR982 Feature 2
Feature Notes: Thin lens of pea-sized gravel with cobble border. Likely related to gravel foot path & driveway shown in early 20th century photos. Feature 3 directly below Feature 2.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR593
No of Artifacts: 111
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Walkway
Feature Date: 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 19th-early 20th century
 

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: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18PR982
County: Prince Georges
Site Name: Magruder House
Brief Description: Mid-18th- to 20th-century stone town dwelling; Early Archaic & Early Woodland short-term camps
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Historic property site with associated dwelling. Built c. 1742 and owned by various people/organizations through the present day.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Early Archaic; Early Woodland
Site Ethnic Group: African American; Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Domestic; STU/Lithic Scatter; 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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