Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR135 Feature V/W
Feature Notes: Cut by Features T and U.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Ogle
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR274
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Posthole/mold - H
Feature Date:
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid 18th c.
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
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?: Yes
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: PR274
Author: Gibb, James G., and April Beisaw
Date: 2002
Title: Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery at Belair Mansion (18PR135), Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland.
Imprint: 2 vols. Gibb Archaeological Consulting.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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