FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18MO609 Firebox |
| Feature Notes: |
Ashy deposit in firebox; mostly floral and faunal remains. Very charred. |
| Macrofeature: |
18MO609 Structure A |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Working class |
| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
Malinda A. Jackson or John T. Adams |
| Associated Features: |
Features 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 |
| Report ID: |
MO278 |
| No of Artifacts: |
1101 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Hearth/Chimney |
| Feature Date: |
1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
late 19th to early 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: |
18MO609 |
| County: |
Montgomery |
| Site Name: |
Jackson Homestead/Fairland Branch |
| Brief Description: |
Late 19th- to early 20th-century African-American homestead; Early to Late Archaic and Early and Late Woodland short-term camp |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
A working class African American home destroyed by fire around 1915 is major component of the site. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Early Archaic; Early Woodland; Late Archaic; Late Woodland; Middle Archaic |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Domestic; Homestead |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
MO278 |
| Author: |
Furgerson, Kathleen M., Varna Boyd, Carey O'Reilly, Tracy Formica, and Anthony Randolph |
| Date: |
2011 |
| Title: |
Phase II and III Archaeological Investigations of the Fairland Branch Site and the Jackson Homestead (18MO609). Intercounty Connector Project, Montgomery County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
3 vols. SHA Archeological Report No. 426. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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