Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BA282 Feature 10
Feature Notes: Subrectangular hole with narrow extension on west side.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Free
Ethnic Status: African American
Household: Banneker
Associated Features:
Report ID: BA161
No of Artifacts: 200
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Cellar/Cellar Hole
Feature Date: 1840s; 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: mid- late 18th c.
 

SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS

Specialized Analysis: Yes
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?: Yes
Lithic Analysis?: No
FTIR?: No
XRF?: No
Soil Chemical Analysis?: No

SITE DATA

Site Number: 18BA282
County: Baltimore County
Site Name: Banneker
Brief Description: early 18th to early 19th-century African-American farmstead
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes:
Site Date: ca 1720-1780; ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American
Site Function: Cellar; Domestic; Farmstead

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BA161
Author: Hurry, Robert J.
Date: 2002
Title: The Discovery and Archeological investigation of the Benjamin Banneker Homestead Baltimore County, MD (18BA282).
Imprint: Maryland Historical Trust Press, Crownsville, MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum