Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18MO314 Non-Feature Artifact Collection
Feature Notes: Artifact count includes 6351 historic and 14 prehistoric artifacts. A high percentage of the historic artifacts is architectural: nails and window glass.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: African American, Euro-American
Household: Harris, Butler
Associated Features:
Report ID: MO77
No of Artifacts: 6365
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Historic, Other
Feature Date: 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: Mid 19th- 20th century
 

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: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18MO314
County: Montgomery
Site Name: Brothers Content
Brief Description: Mid-19th- to 20th-century farmstead cemetery; possible African-American school.
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Possible horticultural feature, foundation and possible hearth identified during Ph. I testing, but Ph. II did not confirm.
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American
Site Function: Black/Metalsmith; Building/Foundation; Cemetery; Domestic; Farmstead; Frame-built; Historic Burial Area; Sepulchre; Spring/Well

REPORT DATA

Report ID: MO77
Author: Cobb, Charles R.
Date: 1990
Title: Phase II Archaeological and Historical Investigations on a Historic Farmstead Site (18MO314), Montgomery County, Maryland.
Imprint: Garrow and Associates, Atlanta, GA.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum