FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BC80 Feature 19A01 |
| Feature Notes: |
Privy most likely associated with 503-505 Burgundy Street/Alley (African-American residents), but possibly a dwelling on Conway Street (Irish and German immigrants). Also associated with brick walkway included in same feature number. 1% architectural materials retained. Stratified layers of different dates. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Working, Semi-skilled |
| Ethnic Status: |
African American, Irish, German |
| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
BC74 |
| No of Artifacts: |
5743 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Privy |
| Feature Date: |
1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940 |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
ca. 1880's - 1940 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
Yes |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
143 vessels |
| Glass Vessels?: |
Yes |
| Glass Vessel Notes: |
209 vessels |
| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: |
No |
| Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: |
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| Soil Screen Size: |
1/4 inches |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18BC80 |
| County: |
Baltimore City |
| Site Name: |
Privy 19A01 |
| Brief Description: |
Late 19th- to early 20th-century rowhouses and privy |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
This site occupied the western portion of site 18BC79. Five trenches were excavated in this area, identifying 11 features. Ten of these features were brick foundation walls, and one was a concrete floor and cinder block wall; all were associated with row house occupations during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The remaining feature, 19A01, was a brick-lined privy shaft and an associated brick walkway. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American; Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Privy |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
BC74 |
| Author: |
Kuranda, Kathryn, Elizabeth Pena, Suzanne Sanders, Martha R. Williams, David Landon, and Justine Woodard |
| Date: |
1992 |
| Title: |
Archeological and Architectural Investigations at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Imprint: |
2 vols. R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Inc. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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