FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18PR135 Rootmold |
| Feature Notes: |
In center of thin shell midden feature. Could represent the rootball of a small tree or bush. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Upper |
| Ethnic Status: |
Euro-American |
| Household: |
Ogle |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
PR170 |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Planting feature |
| Feature Date: |
1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s; 1760s; 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 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: |
18PR135 |
| County: |
Prince Georges |
| Site Name: |
Belair Mansion |
| Brief Description: |
18th- to 20th-century plantation. |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Three sets of excavations conducted. Ph. III in 1976 were excavated around the main house. UMD student conducted additional excavation in yard, and compliance archaeology conducted in 1994 and 2002 by J. Gibb. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Unknown Prehistoric Context |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American; Anglo-American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Building/Foundation; Cemetery; Domestic; Historic Burial Area; Mansion; Midden/Dump; Plantation; Sepulchre; Slave-related; STU/Lithic Scatter |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
PR170 |
| Author: |
Gibb, James G. |
| Date: |
1994 |
| Title: |
A Phase I Archaeological Survey and Limited Phase II Archaeological Site Examination at Belair Mansion (18PR135), Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
Gibb Archaeological Consulting. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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