Test Excavations at Gott's Court, Annapolis, Maryland
Test Excavations at Gott's Court, Annapolis, Maryland
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Date
1992
Authors
Leone, Mark P.
Little, Barbara J.
Warner, Mark S.
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Abstract
In the summer of 1989 Archaeology in Annapolis undertook
three weeks of archaeological testing in a parking lot in the
Historic District of Annapolis located to the immediate west of
Church Circle. The property was scheduled to be destroyed by the
construction of a below-ground parking garage. Historical
research on the area had indicated that property to have been occupied since the mid 18th-century. The primary purpose of test excavations was to determine the integrity of the archaeological
remains below the modern asphalt surface. Results of the excavations
indicated that significant archaeological deposits remained
from Gott's Court, the early 20th century occupation of the
property by working-class African Americans. There was also
strong evidence to suggest substantial deposits from earlier
occupations of the area. Unfortunately, constraints upon the
archaeologists' access to the property did not allow for a more
thorough study of that aspect of the site's occupation.