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Feature Numbers
The original excavators of the Building r site did not assign numbers to individual features. DAACS staff has assigned feature numbers using the original excavation records. Feature Numbers assigned by DAACS have a F-prefix, which precedes the number (i.e. F01 equals Feature 1).

Excavated contexts that belong to the same depositional basin (e.g. a posthole and postmold or the layers in a single pit) have been assigned a single feature number. In addition, single contexts have been given feature numbers when the original field records indicate that the excavators recognized a context’s spatial distinctiveness from surrounding contexts.

Feature Groups
Feature groups are sets of features whose spatial arrangements indicate they were part of a single structure (e.g. structural postholes, subfloor pits, and hearth) or landscape element (e.g. postholes that comprise a fenceline). Feature Groups assigned by DAACS have a FG-prefix, which precedes the number (i.e. FG01 equals Feature Group 1).


Feature Group FG01: Stone scatter and brick pier supports to post-Jefferson structure.
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F01 Chimney Base 746M, 755E
F02 Pier, brick 745K, 745AF
F03 Pier, brick 746G, 746L, 746AE
F04 Pier, brick 754D, 754AD
F05 Pier, brick 755C, 755D, 755AF

Feature Group FG02: East-West fenceline located near the north wall of Building r.
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F06 Posthole  
F07 Posthole 791C, 791D
F09 Posthole 736D, 736E
F10 Posthole 737E, 737F

Feature Group FG04: East-West fenceline located along the south wall of Building r.
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F16 Posthole  
F17 Posthole 744F, 744G
F18 Posthole 745H, 745J
F19 Posthole 746J, 746K

Feature Group FG05: East-West fenceline located approximately ten feet south of the Building r.
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F20 Posthole  
F21 Posthole 790B, 790C
F22 Posthole 753B, 753C
F23 Posthole 754E, 754F

Other Features
Feature Feature Type Contexts
F24 Posthole  
F25 Posthole 734D, 734E
F26 Posthole 734F, 734G
F27 Posthole 737D
F28 Posthole 792B, 792C
F29 Posthole 743G, 743H
F30 Posthole 743N
F31 Post, driven 743J
F32 Posthole 777C, 777D
F33 Posthole 752D
F34 Tree hole 736C, 737C
F35 Posthole 735B
F36 Unidentified 743P
F37 Unidentified 754C
F38 Unidentified 754G
F39 Unidentified 777E

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