Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR135 Unidentified Trench
Feature Notes: Unidentified dip or trench feature.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Ogle
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Upper
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR7A
No of Artifacts: 5
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Unknown
Feature Date: 1770s; 1780s; 1790s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: late 18th 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: not screened
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: PR7A
Author: Israel, Stephen
Date: 1976
Title: Preliminary Test Excavations at the Belair Estate East Wing Area of the Mansion House Site, Prince George's County, Maryland.
Imprint: Sponsored by the City of Bowie Bicentennial Committee. Unpublished report.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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