Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18BA283 Sheet Midden
Feature Notes: Represents construction of house in ca. 1850, and subsequent occupation.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status:
Ethnic Status:
Household: Hynes
Associated Features:
Report ID: BA92
No of Artifacts:
Catalogued?: No
Feature Type: Shell Midden
Feature Date: 1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; Post-1940
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: 1850 - 1992
 

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: 18BA283
County: Baltimore County
Site Name: Treuth Residence
Brief Description: mid-19th-century structure.; late 18th-century possible residence re-used as a barn or garage; prehistoric scatter
Site Type: Historic/Prehistoric
Site Notes: Part of Benjamin Banneker Historical Park. Work at site includes 1979 survey, 1983 Phase I, 1991 Phase II, 1992 Phase I/II. No subsurface cultural features were identified. 5719 artifacts were collected from the site in 1983, 1991 and 1992. Since no subsurface features were excavated, artifact counts for house, wall, stone circle, and sheet midden are not specified. A small prehistoric component exists although it was determined that most prehistoric artifact recovered probably washed down slope. 93 prehistoric artifacts were collected in 1983, 1991, 1992.
Site Date: ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930; Unknown Prehistoric Context
Site Ethnic Group: Anglo-American; Native American
Site Function: Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Homestead; STU/Lithic Scatter

REPORT DATA

Report ID: BA92
Author: Sanders, Suzanne, Michelle T. Moran, Martha R. Williams, Michael A. Simons, and Justine Woodard
Date: 1993
Title: Phase I and II Archeological Investigations at Benjamin Banneker Historical Park, Baltimore County, Maryland.
Imprint: 2 vols. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Frederick, MD.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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