FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18QU124 Well |
| Feature Notes: |
Uncertain origin date. Filled in 20th century. 17' of 19' were excavated. Area 4. Only 1 bag of artifacts was labeled as well provenience. Late period artifacts. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
QU64 |
| No of Artifacts: |
142 |
| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Well/Cistern |
| Feature Date: |
1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
18th - 20th c. |
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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: |
1/4 inches |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18QU124 |
| County: |
Queen Annes |
| Site Name: |
Queenstown Courthouse |
| Brief Description: |
Early 18th- to 20th-century site of former courthouse for Queenstown |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
Poor records kept. Many artifact bags have missing or unknown proveniences. Avocational collection. A summary and attempted interpretation of the collection was written in 2011. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1675-1720; ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Commercial; Domestic; Frame-built; Midden/Dump; Possible Structure; Spring/Well |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
QU64 |
| Author: |
Cheek, Charles, Robert Hoffman, Lynn D. Jones, and Cynthia V. Goode |
| Date: |
2011 |
| Title: |
Queenstown Courthouse (18QU124) Artifact Collection. MD 456A from US 301 to MD 18C, Queenstown, Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
SHA Archeological Report No. 405 . |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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