Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AN39 Cellar
Feature Notes: Depth between 2 to 4 feet. Artifact count estimated.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Upper
Ethnic Status: Euro-American
Household: Saunders
Associated Features:
Report ID: HO116
No of Artifacts: 4400
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole
Feature Date: 1720s; 1730s; 1740s; 1750s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1720 - 1750
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
Radiocarbon?: No
Radiocarbon Notes:
Ceramic Vessels?: Yes
Ceramic Vessel Notes:
Glass Vessels?: Yes
Glass Vessel Notes:
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter?: Yes
Tobacco Pipe Bore Diameter Notes: 1721.4
Soil Screen Size: 1/4 inches
Faunal Analysis?: Yes
Paleobotanical Analysis?: No
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: Yes
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18AN39
County: Anne Arundel
Site Name: Saunders Point
Brief Description: Mid-18th-century cellar or storage feature
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: No complete site report. Property owner discovered feature during construction work. Ceramic, glass, faunal and tobacco pipe analysis conducted.
Site Date: ca 1720-1780
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American
Site Function: Cellar; Domestic

REPORT DATA

Report ID: HO116
Author: Child, Kathleen
Date: 2007
Title: Additional Phase I Archeological Survey and Phase II Site Evaluations for the MD 295 Improvements, MD 100 to I-95, and Hanover Road from High Tech Drive to MD 170, Howard and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 377.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum