Historic Artifacts Recovered from Test Area A
Provenience Level or
Stratum 		Cat.
Number 		Identification Period Description/Comment
Adornment
E.U. C3, S1/2 30-40 cm 20 Button ca.
1855-
1870 		White "agate" (ceramic), four sew-thrus in central well, .44 inch (18 lignes) diameter (Luscomb 1967:183-184; McLeod 1983:225; South 1964:122)
E.U. C3, N1/2 30-40 cm 26 Snap ? Ferrous metal, clothing snap fragment
E.U. D3, SW1/4 12-40 cm 84 Button ca.
1855-
1870		 White "agate" (ceramic), four sew-thrus in central well, .43 inch (18 lignes) diameter
S.P. 1N/1E --- 91 Button ca.
1855-
1870		 White "agate" (ceramic), four sew-thrus in central well, .43 inch (18 lignes) diameter
Medical and
Health
S.P. 6N/4W --- 178 Medicine bottle ? 1 light aqua, patent lip finish fragment; cork closure
Indulgences
S.P. 3N/0W --- 180 Wine or ale bottle ? 2 fragments; black (olive green) curved glass
S.P. 5N/3W --- 138 Wine or ale bottle ? 1 black (olive green) curved glass fragment
S.P. 7N/2W --- 168 Beer bottle modern 6 amber curved glass (shoulder) fragments; 1 with small raised "N[O?]"
Domestic
Furnishings
E.U. D4, N1/4 0-40 cm 103 Handle ? Cast iron; spatulate ends pierced for attachment by rivets in such a way as to direct the handle vertically rather than horizontally; commonly used with tinned domestic items such as toilet ware, cake and dish pans, coal hods, etc. (Pyne Press 1971: 64,68,114). Maximum dimensions of handle (excluding ends) = 3 inches high x 2.75 inches wide
Trench 1 20-40 cm 114 Pressed glass ca.
1880-
1916 		Clear glass rim which has been colored purple by exposure to the sun (Munsey 1970:55)
S.P. 3N/1E --- 145 Pressed glass ? Clear glass
S.P. 5N/1E --- 184 Pressed glass ? Clear glass similar to Cat. 145
S.P. 11N/5W --- 146 Pressed glass ca.
1880-
1916 		Clear glass rim which has been colored purple by exposure to the sun
Food and
Drink
E.U. D3, SW1/4 0-40 cm 83 Pork ? Pig molar
S.P. 3N/5W --- 154 Tin can ? Corroded rim from round can
Culinary
Objects
E.U. D5, N1/4 40-50 cm 123 Vessel 1; Jug ? Stoneware shoulder fragment, olive salt glazed exterior, reddish brown slip interior
Trench 1 20-40 cm 113 Vessel 7; Jug pre-
1850's 		Mendable spout and rim fragment of jug pre-dating cylindrical forms common in second half of 19th century; mottled olive salt glaze on all surfaces (Ketchum 1970)
S.P. 1N/1E --- 163 Vessel 2; ? ? Stoneware fragment, gray salt glaze exterior, interior surface absent
S.P. 2N/1E --- 185 Vessel 3; ? ? 2 stoneware fragments; mended specimen with gray, salt glazed exterior mottled with brown, buff-colored interior surface bearing no glaze; gray-brown, salt-glazed specimen with dark brown interior slip
S.P. 3N/4W --- 179 Vessel 4; ? ? Stoneware fragment, brown slipped surface, opposite surface absent
S.P. 3N/1E --- 145 Vessel 5;
Mixing bowl		 ? Stoneware rim fragment, dark brown slip inside and out
S.P. 4N/4W --- 178 Vessel 6; ? ? Stoneware body fragment, brown, salt glazed exterior, interior partially glazed with brown slip
S.P. 4N/5W --- 152 Vessel 6; Crock ? Everted rim with surface treatments similar to Cat. 178; probably same vessel

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