Data Recovery at the Elkins A & B Site [7NC-G-174] A unique look at two adjacent single-occupation 18th century farmsteads

Summary

The Elkins A & B site has produced some of the most interesting data seen along the U.S. Route 301 corridor.  The site represents two very different sites from two different periods in the 18th century.  Elkins B, the earlier of the two , was occupied from around 1720 to circa 1740 on property owned by John Greenwater Jr. This site had array of interesting items, such as a set of red-bodied earthenware vessels thought to have been manufactured in Philadelphia by the Hillegas brothers, numerous Robert Tippet pipes, and consumed faunal remains including freshwater mussels and horse.  Elkins A site dates from circa 1740 to circa 1770 on land owned by John McCoole, who owned nine slaves.  Features from this farmstead site include a stone-lined cellar, a dam and an out-kitchen.  An unrelated earlier feature from the site has been interpreted as a wolf-trap pit circa 1670s.  

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2016   •
• New Highway Uncovers New Histories: Archaeology Mitigations From the U.S. Route 301 Mega Project in Delaware

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 196