FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BC132 Feature 3 |
| Feature Notes: |
Shared by #828 & #830 Mechanics Court; oval shaft lined with brick. |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
African American |
| Household: |
Mary Reason, laundress |
| Associated Features: |
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| Report ID: |
BC128 |
| No of Artifacts: |
3135 |
| Catalogued?: |
No |
| Feature Type: |
Privy |
| Feature Date: |
1890s; 1900s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
post 1890 |
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SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS |
| Specialized Analysis: |
Yes |
| Radiocarbon?: |
No |
| Radiocarbon Notes: |
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| Ceramic Vessels?: |
No |
| Ceramic Vessel Notes: |
225 sherds |
| 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?: |
Yes |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18BC132 |
| County: |
Baltimore City |
| Site Name: |
826-830 Mechanics Court |
| Brief Description: |
Three 19th-century African-American house foundations & backyard features |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
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| Site Date: |
ca 1820-1860; ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
African American |
| Site Function: |
Artifact Scatter; Building/Foundation; Domestic; Midden/Dump; Privy; Row/Townhome |
REPORT DATA |
| Report ID: |
BC128 |
| Author: |
Williams, Martha R., Nora Shennan, and Suzanne Sanders |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Title: |
Archeological Investigations at the Juvenile Justice Center, Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Imprint: |
4 vols. R. Christopher Goodwin and Associates, Inc. |
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Report on file at Maryland Historical Trust and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum |
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