FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18FR323 Feature 34 |
| Feature Notes: |
Infant (1-2 years) burial within Feature 35 (an adult). Feature 34 coffin rested on top of Feature 35 coffin. Nail manufacture dates indicate old nails still in used after they were no longer being made. (Remains curated at Smithsonian) |
| Macrofeature: |
18FR323 Cemetery |
| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
Lower |
| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
Cemetery, Features 1-35 |
| Report ID: |
FR23B, FR24 |
| No of Artifacts: |
16 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Historic Burial |
| Feature Date: |
1820s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
1820+ |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
No |
| 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?: |
No |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
No |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18FR323 |
| County: |
Frederick |
| Site Name: |
18FR323 Catoctin/Renner Burial Ground |
| Brief Description: |
Late 18th to early 19th-century African-American cemetery |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
Some discrepencies exist between ages given in reports and in appendices. (Remains curated at Smithsonian) |
| Site Date: |
ca 1780-1820; ca 1820-1860 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American |
| Site Function: |
Cemetery; Historic Burial Area; Sepulchre; Slave-related |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
FR23B |
| Author: |
Orr, Kenneth G. |
| Date: |
1980 |
| Title: |
Interim Report of the Catoctin Furnace Archaeological Mitigation Project. |
| Imprint: |
Orr & Son, Archaeological Consultants, Alexandria, VA. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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| Report ID: |
FR24 |
| Author: |
Burnston, Sharon Ann |
| Date: |
1981 |
| Title: |
Archaeological Data Recovery at Catoctin Furnace Cemetery, Frederick County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
MAAR Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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