Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BC27 Feature 17
Feature Notes: Round, brick-lined privy, 2' 4" diameter. See Samford et al.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Middle
Ethnic Status:
Household:
Associated Features:
Report ID: BC7A
No of Artifacts: 2650
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Privy
Feature Date: 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1830-1864
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: 31= MVC
Glass Vessels?: Yes
Glass Vessel Notes: 18= MVC
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: Yes
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/2 inches
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: Yes
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BC27
County: Baltimore City
Site Name: Federal Reserve
Brief Description: 3 block urban area in Otterbein neighborhood of Baltimore.
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: 18th- and 19th-century buildings, well and privy remains.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American
Site Function: Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Cellar; Domestic; Midden/Dump; Privy; Row/Townhome; Spring/Well; Transportation

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BC7A
Author: McCarthy, John, and Ken Basalik
Date: 1980
Title: Summary Report of Archaeological Investigations, Federal Reserve Bank Site, Baltimore, Maryland
Imprint: MAAR Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum