FEATURE DATA |
| Feature Name: |
18BC133 Feature 1 |
| Feature Notes: |
Privy shaft fill, brick foundation, 3 temporal periods. Stratum 1= 1930s-40s fill with demolition debris (453 artifacts). Strata 2 and 3= late 19th/early 20th century domestic debris (~3,500 artifacts). Stratum 4= c. 1860s-70s militia group fill (43 artifacts). |
| Macrofeature: |
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| Historic/Prehistoric: |
Historic |
| Social Status: |
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| Ethnic Status: |
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| Household: |
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| Associated Features: |
Feature 3 |
| Report ID: |
BC128 |
| No of Artifacts: |
4009 |
| Catalogued?: |
Yes |
| Feature Type: |
Privy |
| Feature Date: |
1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s |
| Prehistoric Feature Date: |
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| Historic Feature Date: |
mid 19th-mid 20th century |
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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: |
1/4 inches |
| Faunal Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Paleobotanical Analysis?: |
Yes |
| Lithic Analysis?: |
No |
| FTIR?: |
No |
| XRF?: |
No |
| Soil Chemical Analysis?: |
No |
SITE DATA |
| Site Number: |
18BC133 |
| County: |
Baltimore City |
| Site Name: |
The Independent Grays' Privy |
| Brief Description: |
Late 19th- to early 20th-century domestic privy |
| Site Type: |
Historic |
| Site Notes: |
Volunteer militia group owned 2 lots on High Street where privy located (1845-1870). 30'x60' armory building constructed in 1845 by Independent Grays'. Rowhouses then constructed. |
| Site Date: |
ca 1860-1900; ca 1900-1930 |
| Site Ethnic Group: |
Anglo-American |
| Site Function: |
Military; Possible Structure; Privy |
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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