FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18AN497 Feature 5 |
| Feature Notes: |
Basin-shaped ash pit. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
Benson-Hammond |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
AN258 |
| No of Artifacts: |
77 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Pit, Other; Planting feature |
| Feature Date: |
1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940 |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
1830-present |
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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: |
screened, size unknown |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18AN497 |
| County: |
Anne Arundel |
| Site Name: |
Benson-Hammond |
| Brief Description: |
19th-century standing house, farmstead |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
Investigations conducted in 1979, 1987, 1988 & 1992. Intensive Phase I & limited Phase II testing in 1993 involved excavation of 69 shovel tests and 10 5x5 foot square units. The features described in this database relate to the 1993 testing. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Midden/Dump; Spring/Well |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
AN258 |
| Author: |
Read, Esther D. |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Title: |
Intensive Phase I/Limited Phase II Archeological Testing at the Benson-Hammond House, 18AN497, Linthicum, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
SHA Archeological Report No. 94. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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