Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18PR175 Area Ia Feature 79
Feature Notes: Brick structure excavated from beneath building debris from 1895 fire.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Addison, Berry
Associated Features:
Report ID: PR105A
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Structural Foundation
Feature Date: 1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: late 18th - early 19th 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: 1/4 inches
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: PR105A
Author: Cheek, Charles D.
Date: 1989
Title: Interim Report. Stage 1 Data Recovery. The Addison Plantation site, 18PR175, Beltway Parcel, Portamerica Development, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland
Imprint: John Milner Associates, West Chester, PA.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum