Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AP37 Privy Feature 1
Feature Notes: Possible privy found in test unit in 1998, 25% excavated, probing suggested privy size 4.5 x 6 feet, remainder protected in place, filled 3rd quarter 19th c, excavated to depth of 5.4 feet below ground surface in arbitrary levels
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status: Anglo-American
Household: James and Elizabeth Brewer
Associated Features:
Report ID: AP102
No of Artifacts: 1054
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Privy
Feature Date: 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: c 1840-1870
 

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:
Faunal Analysis?: No
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18AP37
County: Annapolis
Site Name: Retallick-Brewer House
Brief Description: Late 18th c. standing structure in Annapolis
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: Series of small-scale excavations over last 40 years have revealed a few features associated with the architecture of the house, a possible privy, and some intact yard midden strata
Site Date: 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Domestic

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AP102
Author: Miller, Paula
Date: 1999
Title: A Report of Phase II Archaeological Investigations at the Retallick-Brewer House (18AP37), 183 Green Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Couny, Maryland
Imprint: University of College Park
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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