FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BA409 Feature 1/Structure 1 |
| Feature Notes: |
In-situ stone foundation wall of Structure 1 (primary structure), explored by means of multiple "partial" units, so that the structure could be investigated as a single feature. |
| Macrofeature: |
18BA409 Structure 1 |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
Feature 2, 9, 33, 35 |
| Report ID: |
BA130 |
| No of Artifacts: |
215 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Construction Feature, Other; Structural Foundation |
| Feature Date: |
1780s; 1790s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
site ~1787-1800 |
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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: |
hardware cloth |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18BA409 |
| County: |
Baltimore County |
| Site Name: |
Historic Site #1/Hoff/Dorsey |
| Brief Description: |
Middle Woodland short-term camp; Late 18th- to early 19th-century house site |
| Site Type: |
Historic/Prehistoric |
| Site Notes: |
Phase I 1992, Phase I/II 1995, Phas III 1996. 1995 Phase II data seems to be combined into Phase III report. No records at the Mac Lab for the Phase II. Although Phase III testing resulted in the recovery of 15, 101 historic artifacts (of which 10,265 were architectural), the artifact counts for the features was relatively low. This suggests a brief occupation period (c. 1780-1800). A scarcity of vessels associated with storage and preparation of food may suggest that site was not occupied by a household. The site was possibly utilized as a toll house associated with the Old Reisterstown Turnpike c. 1787-1800.
Note: Several features are listed as "depression related" in the report. It is not clear, however, how or if they are related to each other. Therefore, I have avoided use of the "macrofeature" grouping. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; Middle Woodland |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American; Native American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Possible Structure; STU/Lithic Scatter; Unknown Prehistoric |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
BA130 |
| Author: |
Zebooker, Betty C., Robert Hoffman, and Judith Rosentel |
| Date: |
1997 |
| Title: |
Phase III Archaeological Data Recovery at the Dorsey Site (18BA409), a Late 18th & early 19th Century Historic Archaeological Site Located Near Owings Mills in Baltimore County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
MAAR Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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