Detail

FEATURE DATA

Feature Name: 18AN512 Well/Privy
Feature Notes: Smaller circular depression, probable well or privy. Test Unit 5 was placed to investigate this feature.
Macrofeature:
Historic/Prehistoric: Historic
Social Status: Lower
Ethnic Status: African American
Household: Belt
Associated Features:
Report ID: AN461
No of Artifacts: 47
Catalogued?: Yes
Feature Type: Privy; Well/Cistern
Feature Date: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s
Prehistoric Feature Date:
Historic Feature Date: ~1900 - 1920
 

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: 18AN512
County: Anne Arundel
Site Name: Belt Residence
Brief Description: c. 1900 small tenant house site
Site Type: Historic
Site Notes: During Phase II testing the following possible features are described, although not excavated: 1. sandstone foundation & cellar hole remains of dwelling, 2. large circular depression (possible borrow pit), 3. small circular shaft feature (possible well or privy). Site not deemed eligible for NRHP.
Site Date: ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930
Site Ethnic Group: African American
Site Function: Domestic; Farmstead; Frame-built

REPORT DATA

Report ID: AN461
Author: Affleck, Richard, Roy A. Hampton III, Jeffrey Harbison, and Bernard Slaughter
Date: 2004
Title: Phase I and II Archeological Investigations, Maryland Route 3, from Maryland Route 32 to U.S. 50, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties, Maryland.
Imprint: SHA Archeological Report No. 307.
  Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
   

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