Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR175 VIb, Unit 7, Feature 6
Feature Notes: Brick & cobble stack representing a former post location. Associated with VIb, Unit 7, Feature 5 (posthole).
Macrofeature: 18PR175 UID Structure
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features: Area VIb, Unit 7, Features 1-9
Report ID: PR72C
No of Artifacts: 25
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other
Feature Date: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: Late 19th century (demolition)
 

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