The majority of the materials date to the early 18th century. The building burned, c. 1730. A room-by-room inventory taken in 1727 suggests that the dwelling, believed to have been built c. 1690 by Col. John Addison (d. 1705), had been repurposed for storage by his son, Thomas, who, in 1711, had built and occupied a different known and grander house. The relationship between the inventory and the artifacts is ambiguous, not too surprising given that some few years are believed to separate the listing of possessions and the fire.
Ceramics are primarily tablewares; very few to no utilitarian wares are present; faunal remains number maybe a hundred fragments; tobacco pipes (in the dozens); there is a considerable amount of bottle glass in the deposits the students are analyzing. Also present are gun artifacts (see John McCarthy, et al, Arms 1991. Arms from Addison Plantation and the Maryland Militia on the Potomac Frontier. Historical Archaeology 25(1):66-79); three or four sword guards; architectural hinges; hundreds of nails, many probably for boxes rather than for architectural purposes.
There are literally hundreds and probably a thousand artifacts; among them are two small pieces of creamware (1) and pearlware (1). The students are now trying to sort out the stratigraphic sequences and correlate them with their lot numbers; and where in that sequence those two later ceramics occur will be of interest.
Much of this is still forming up -- it's the end of the semester and now that projects are due (next week) students are in intensive work mode : ) But I think that these general observations are fairly solid.
Two people, including Rachel and Jan Lloyd have suggested calf weaner; Martha, pig anti-rooting device; Lyle & others, a small animal trap (where others had earlier sent us). I should note it is fairly flimsy. All of these are great suggestions and Andreas is running them down. Please keep your suggestions coming!
Julie King
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What other artifacts were recovered from this context? Does this
interpretation fit with the assemblage?
Bill Liebeknecht
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http://www.enasco.com/c/farmandranch/Calf+Rearing/Weaners/
Rachel seems to be right on this.
Mark Howe
"Life is how you make it, the future is how you leave your past."
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:07:24 -0500
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> I think this could be a calf-weaner (everyone keep your lecherous
> sniggers in check). It looks a little bent and out of shape, not
> surprising if it is 250 year old, but you would have put the round
> part around a calf's nose with the spikes sticking out. It prevents
> them from nursing by poking the mother when they try to suckle. These
> were not uncommon implements on a farm, and I have come across a few
> in my work in Texas. This looks a little different from the ones I
> have seen, but I think people devised a wide variety of apparatuses to
wean calves.
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> Rachel Feit
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> King, Julia
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> Dear HistArchers,
>
> One of our students, Andreas Lutz, is in an Archaeology Practicum
> class at St. Mary's College where he along with his colleagues is
> cataloging, analyzing, and interpreting materials from the Addison
> Plantation site (18PR175; aka Oxon Hill) located in Prince George's
> County, MD. He has come across several iron artifacts, and links to
> images of one of these objects are posted below. Andreas has shown
> these to archaeologists at various institutions around the region,
> with some tentative -- but still unsatisfying -- identifications. The
> context is cellar fill believed to date to c. 1730s. Later disturbance
> is possible but not likely. I told Andreas about the "hundreds of
> years of experience" represented by HISTARCH; colleagues, if you have
> suggestions for Andreas, we would both be grateful for your assistance!
Here are the links:
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> http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o289/knifetrader/Addisson%20Artifac
> ts
> /18PR17503.jpg
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> http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o289/knifetrader/Addisson%20Artifac
> ts
> /18PR17501.jpg
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> Julie King
> St. Mary's College of MD
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