Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18WA20 Cellar Feature
Feature Notes: Subterranean basement/root cellar. North end of west barrack. 8'x8' floor. 4.5' deep with possibly sloping entryway.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: WA13B
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole
Feature Date: 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1780 - 1810
 

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:
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18WA20
County: Washington
Site Name: Fort Frederick
Brief Description: 18th- to 19th-century stone fortification; prehistoric short-term camp
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Several different excavations took place between the 1930s-2001. CCC excavations conducted in 1930s resulted in numerous trenches and stripping of original ground surface. These excavations seriously impacted future, more in-depth excavations at the site. Report WA 103 (Greenhorne and O'mara 2001) provides a summary of previous excavations. Additional information and records are available for viewing on the Archaeological Collections in Maryland webpage.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Unknown Prehistoric Context
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Building/Foundation; Cellar; Cemetery; Fortification; Historic Burial Area; Midden/Dump; Military; Sepulchre; Spring/Well; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: WA13B
Author: Israel, Stephen
Date: 1975
Title: Archeological Discoveries Made During the Excavation of Footer Trenches in Preparation for Reconstruction of the East and West Barracks, Fort Frederick State Park, Maryland.
Imprint:
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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