Three Centuries at the Brumbaugh-Kendle-Grove Farmstead through Archaeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In 2017 AECOM undertook a Phase I – III archaeological project at the Brumbaugh-Kendle-Grove (BKG) Farmstead (18WA496), in advance of a demolition project. The project area, owned by the Hagerstown Regional Airport, encompassed the core of a historic farmstead, including the dwelling house, barn, and outbuildings. AECOM’s multi-phased archaeological effort employed geophysics, shovel testing, test unit sampling, and mechanical block excavation. Excavations resulted in the identification of 106 cultural features including foundations, cisterns, privies, pathways, postholes, and landscape features dating from the mid-eighteenth through twentieth centuries. Excavation identified three separate building phases for the dwelling house. Further spatial/temporal analysis of historical features showed the changing landscape of the farm under different owners in different periods. Analysis of recovered materials provided insight into the household economy of the families who occupied the site, how this evolved over time, and how changing economic strategies reflected larger societal trends.

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• SHA 2022 General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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