Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR175 VIa, Unit 1, Feature 2
Feature Notes: Cellar-like hole filled with 18, 19 & 20th century artifacts. Tested with placement of one 1x1 meter unit. Feature at least 3x6 meters.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Addison, Berry
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR72C
No of Artifacts: 2605
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole
Feature Date: 1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 18th-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: hardware cloth
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18PR175
County: Prince Georges
Site Name: Addison Plantation/Oxon Hill
Brief Description: Late 17th- to 19th-century plantation
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Multiple investigations, multiple reports. 1986/1987 Phase III investigation does not have a final report, therefore field notes and original maps were used. Artifact counts are not available for much of this study. Soil and flotation samples were collected. Faunal analysis was performed. A combination of dry screening and water screening was used on the site, once a water source was secured. Feature numbers vary by project. All include an area number, some contain unit numbers, followed by feature number and possibly a letter designating the type of feature.
Site Date: ca 1675-1720; ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900
Site Ethnic Group: African American; Anglo-American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Mansion; Multi-component; Plantation; Slave-related; Spring/Well

REPORT DATA

Report ID: PR72C
Author: Hurry, Silas D., and Maureen Kavanagh
Date: 1985
Title: Additional Intensive Archeological Testing at the Oxon Hill Manor Site: an 18th Through 19th Century Plantation in Maryland.
Imprint: MGS File Report No. 189.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum