FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18PR175 Feature K6A6001 |
| Feature Notes: |
19th century cellar later used for refuse disposal, 19th-mid 20th century. Top layers associated with nearby Sumner Welles residence. Only a sample kept due to extremely high artifact density. This feature corresponds with Feature VIa, Unit 7, Features 1,2,3 1985 Hurry & Kavanaugh. |
| Macrofeature: |
18PR175 Cellar |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
Berry |
| Associated Features: |
VIa, Unit 7, Features 1, 2, 3 (Hurry and Kavanaugh, 1985) |
| Report ID: |
PR72D, PR72C |
| No of Artifacts: |
66443 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Cellar/Cellar Hole; Trash Pit/Dump |
| Feature Date: |
1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940 |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
post 1810-mid 20th century |
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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: |
dry and/or wet screened |
| 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. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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| Report ID: |
PR72D |
| Author: |
Garrow, Patrick, and Thomas Wheaton, Jr. |
| Date: |
1986 |
| Title: |
Oxon Hill Manor Archaeological Site Mitigation Project. |
| Imprint: |
2 vols. Garrow and Associates, Altanta, GA. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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