FEATURE DATA |
Feature Name: |
18MO609 Feature 18 |
Feature Notes: |
Sheet midden associated with Structure A. Additional 355 artifacts from Phase II testing. |
Macrofeature: |
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Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
Social Status: |
Working class |
Ethnic Status: |
African American |
Household: |
Malinda A. Jackson or son John T. Adams |
Associated Features: |
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Report ID: |
MO278 |
No of Artifacts: |
1011 |
Catalogued?: |
Yes |
Feature Type: |
Shell Midden |
Feature Date: |
1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s |
Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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Historic Feature Date: |
late 19th to early 20th century |
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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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