Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus A: Feature 1 Well After Mechanical Excavation of Surrounding Subsoil

Creator(s): Louis Berger

Year: 2012

Summary

Field photo of Locus A Feature 1, the well, after hand excavation of upper layers and mechanical excavation of surrounding subsoil. View to North

Cite this Record

Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus A: Feature 1 Well After Mechanical Excavation of Surrounding Subsoil. Louis Berger. Washington, DC: Louis Berger. 2012 ( tDAR id: 437486) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W37ZW2

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections


Keywords

Culture
African American • Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Shell

Site Name
Bird-Houston (7NC-F-138)

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Barrel Well • Brick-Lined Well • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • Midden • Pit • Post Hole / Post Mold

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Geophysical Survey • Historic Background Research • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Tenant Farm

Geographic Keywords
Drainage Divide • Upper Coastal Plain

Temporal Keywords
Early Industrialization (1770-1830) • Industrialization and Early Urbanization (1830-1880) • Urbanization and Early Suburbanization (1880-1940)

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1775 to 1920

Spatial Coverage

min long: -75.71; min lat: 39.493 ; max long: -75.677; max lat: 39.525 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Heidi Krofft

Contributor(s): Wesley Willoughby

Field Director(s): Jason Shellenhammer; Mary Patton

Principal Investigator(s): John Bedell

Sponsor(s): FHWA

Permitting Agency(s): DelDOT

Repository(s): Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Curatorial Facility

Prepared By(s): The Louis Berger Group

Submitted To(s): DelDOT

Record Identifiers

Agreement Number(s): 1538

Work Order Number(s): 10

Louis Berger Project Number(s): 2001831.006

Notes

Redaction Note: figures and text showing or relating site location information have been redacted

Source Collections

All artifacts and excavation records transferred to Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs Curatorial Facility, Dover, DE. Accession Number 2011.8

Related Comparative Collections

Louis Berger's Archaeological Laboratory maintains comparative collections for artifact and faunal identifications, Kansas City, MO.

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