FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18AN500 Slope Area |
| Feature Notes: |
High artifact density area, larger amount of stonewares which may suggest a dairy storage area. Could also be a deliberate dumping area. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
AN217, AN44D |
| No of Artifacts: |
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| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Trash Pit/Dump |
| Feature Date: |
1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
1880s - 1920s |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| 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?: |
Yes |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18AN500 |
| County: |
Anne Arundel |
| Site Name: |
Fischer Site |
| Brief Description: |
Late 19th- to early 20th-century African-American tenant house ruin |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
No features were located, but artifact concentrations were recorded & interpreted. Site contains remnants of a stone chimney foundation, garden area and slope where trash was deliberately deposited. Unknown how soils were screened. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American |
| Site Function: |
Building/Foundation; Domestic; Farmstead; Midden/Dump; Multi-component; Production Area; Slave-related |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
AN217 |
| Author: |
Hurry, Silas D. |
| Date: |
1982 |
| Title: |
Phase II Archeological Investigations at 18AN500. |
| Imprint: |
MGS File Report No. 177. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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| Report ID: |
AN44D |
| Author: |
Parrington, Michael, David Dashiell, Robert Hoffman, Gail Frace, and Stephanie Pinter |
| Date: |
1985 |
| Title: |
Archeological Data Recovery at Site 18AN500, a Post-bellum Black Residence in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
John Milner Associates, West Chester, PA. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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