FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BC81 Feature R3 |
| Feature Notes: |
Multi-family privy, 4 seater. Only lowest 10.63" fill remained. 428 or 426 West Conway Street. 100% artifacts retained. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Working |
| Ethnic Status: |
German-American |
| Household: |
Julia Proffen (seamstress), Alexander Haas (plumber), Adolph Pfeffer (day laborer) |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
BC74 |
| No of Artifacts: |
1285 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Privy |
| Feature Date: |
1900s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
ca. 1900 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| 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: |
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| Faunal Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18BC81 |
| County: |
Baltimore City |
| Site Name: |
Privy 3 |
| Brief Description: |
Early 19th- to early 20th-century privy |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
This site comprised a small area at the central portion of site 18BC78, along the north side of Conway Street. It included the parcels on which the base of a privy, designated as Feature R-3, was found. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; 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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