Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR1043 Feature 4
Feature Notes: Posthole.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR592
No of Artifacts: 4
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Posthole/mold - H
Feature Date: 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: Late 19th - 20th c.
 

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: 18PR1043
County: Prince Georges
Site Name: Bladensburg Library
Brief Description: Late Archaic/Transitional short-term camp; early 19th- to early 20th-century schoolhouse
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: The prehistoric component is a lithic scatter with the potential for a discrete lithic reduction feature. The 19th- to early 20th-century schoolhouse components are associated with the Bladensburg Academy and the final schoolhouse was part of the Prince George's County public school system before being converted to use as a public library.
Site Date: ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Late Archaic
Site Ethnic Group: African American; Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Educational; Frame-built; Midden/Dump

REPORT DATA

Report ID: PR592
Author: Bedard, Justin, Peter Regan, Benjamin Stewart, and Kathleen Furgerson
Date: 2012
Title: Phase I Archeological Survey MD 450 from Peace Cross to 57th Avenue, and Phase II Evaluation of Site 18PR1043, Bladensburg, Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 440.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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