Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AP64 Area 8 Feature 71
Feature Notes: Mid 19th c cellar, root cellar, filled post 1889, in Trench 8, contains tin cans, a large tip of oyster shell and a tip of coal ash, intact brick walls and wood steps descending to cellar, filled with household refuse when cellar abandoned, central portion of cellar, where food stored, had earthen walls
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Middle
Ethnic Status: African American
Household: Maynard
Associated Features:
Report ID: AP49
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole
Feature Date: 1880s; 1890s; 1900s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: Cellar dug 1850-1858, filled post 1889
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: No
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes: 41 vessels
Glass Vessels?: Yes
Glass Vessel Notes: 91 glass vessels
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: No
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes:
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inch screen
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18AP64
County: Annapolis
Site Name: Maynard Burgess House
Brief Description: Standing structure that was home to two African American families from 1850 to 1980
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes:
Site Date: ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American
Site Function: Domestic

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AP49
Author: Mullins, Paul, and Mark Warner
Date: 1993
Title: Final Archaeological Investigations at the Maynard-Burgess House (18AP64), An 1850-1980 African American Household in Annapolis Maryland. Volume 1.
Imprint:
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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