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)
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Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), U.S. Route 301 Corridor
PROJECT
The Louis Berger Group, Inc., conducted Phase II and III archaeological investigations at the Bird-Houston Site (7NC-F-138), located in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, in advance of the proposed U.S. Route 301 construction. The Bird-Houston Site is the remains of a small farm occupied between about 1775 and 1920. The site has two distinct parts about 200 feet apart; Locus B was occupied from about 1775 to 1825, and Locus A was occupied from about 1825 to 1920. Documentary...