Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR175 Feature 6A6010Z
Feature Notes: Squarish stain. Largest feature in area 6A at 210x185 cm, and 40 cm deep. Although referred to as a trash pit feature, it had few artifacts. MCD is based on only 5 dateable sherds. TPQ= 1780
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Addison
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR72D
No of Artifacts: 161
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Trash Pit/Dump
Feature Date: 1770s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: MCD 1773.50
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: MCD 1773.50
Glass Vessels?: No
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
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: 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.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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