Bird-Houston Site
Part of: Route 301
Site Name Keywords
Bird-Houston (7NC-F-138)
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
House •
Archaeological Feature •
Artifact Scatter •
Midden •
Pit •
Post Hole / Post Mold •
Barrel Well •
Brick-Lined Well
Other Keywords
Tenant Farm
Culture Keywords
Historic •
African American •
Euroamerican
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Systematic Survey •
Historic Background Research •
Geophysical Survey
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Fauna •
Glass •
Building Materials •
Macrobotanical •
Metal •
Shell
Temporal Keywords
Early Industrialization (1770-1830) •
Industrialization and Early Urbanization (1830-1880) •
Urbanization and Early Suburbanization (1880-1940)
Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) •
Delaware (State / Territory) •
New Castle County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Drainage Divide •
Upper Coastal Plain •
USA (Country)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-10 of 10)
There are 10 Images within this Collection [remove this filter]
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus A: Buttons (2012)
IMAGE
Laboratory photo of buttons recovered from various contexts in Locus A, the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138)
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus A: Feature 1 Well After Mechanical Excavation of Surrounding Subsoil (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of Locus A Feature 1, the well, after hand excavation of upper layers and mechanical excavation of surrounding subsoil. View to North
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus A: Pharmaceutical Bottle Fragments (2012)
IMAGE
Laboratory photo of 19th-century glass pharmaceutical bottle fragments recovered from various contexts in Locus A at the Bird-Houston site (7NC-F-138).
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Bone Handled Utensil Recovered from Feature 15 (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of bone-handled iron utensil (Cat./Spec. No. 239.24) recovered from Stratum A Level 2 East Half, Feature 15, the well, in Locus B of the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138).
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Brass Button and Broach Pin (2012)
IMAGE
Laboratory photo of brass button (Cat./Spec. No. 243.8) recovered from Locus B Feature 15 Stratum B Level 1 East Half and brass broach pin (Cat./Spec. No. 238.21) recovered from Locus B Feature 15 Stratum A Level 1 West Half.
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Feature 1 Well After Mechanical Stripping of Plowzone (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of identification and cleaning of Locus B Feature 1, the well, after mechanical removal of plowzone.
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Feature 15 Well After Mechanical Excavation of Surrounding Subsoil (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of Locus B Feature 15, resuming hand excavation after mechanical removal of surrounding subsoil, view to west.
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Feature 3 West Profile (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of Locus B Feature 3 west profile after excavation of east half. Unidentified iron artifact in-situ at base of excavation.
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Redware Bowl In-Situ Feature 15 Well (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of redware bowl in-situ within Locus B well, Feature 15 Stratum A, Level 2, west half (Cat./Spec. No. 240.11), view to north.
-
Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Unidentified Iron Object Recovered from Feature 3 (2012)
IMAGE
Field photo of unidentified iron object recovered from Locus B Feature 3, Stratum A, Level 1 (Cat./Spec. No. 220.4) after excavation.