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Location:   Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia.
 
Occupation dates:   Last quarter 18th/first quarter 19th century. Phasing and mean ceramic dates can be found on the Chronology page.
 
Excavator(s):   William Kelso and Douglas Sanford.
 
Dates excavated:   1982-1983.
Things you need to know about Building r before you use the data:
The entire site was carefully hand-troweled and screens were not used for artifact recovery.
Measurements are in feet and tenths of feet.
Building r was excavated using the "Wheeler Box" excavation system of 8-by-8 foot quadrats with 2-foot baulks. Unit size varies from 8-by-8 foot and 2-by-2 foot quadrats to 2-by-8 foot quadrats.
The Building r site was severely impacted by the construction of parking lots near the site in 1925 and 1934, which removed the upper 18" to 24" of the site. A 20th-century fence line, associated with the parking lot, also intruded into the documented building location. The site was further disturbed by the mid-nineteenth-century “pier building” immediately to the southeast.
The only remaining structural evidence of Building r is a concentration of large stones that may be the remains of either its foundation or chimney base.
Several contexts were not cataloged as they were significantly disturbed and contained predominately 20th-century artifacts. These uncataloged contexts are: 735TPS, 735A, 736TPS, 736A, 736B, 737TPS, 737A, 737B, 743TPS, 743A, 743B, 743C, 743D, 743E, 744TPS, 744A, 744B, 744C, 744D, 744E, 745TPS, 745B, 745C, 745D, 745E, 746TPS, 746A, 746B, 746C, 746D, 746E, 746F, 752TPS, 752A, 753A, 754TPS, 754A, 754B, 755TPS, 755A, 755B, 777A, 778A, 779TPS, 779A, 780TPS, 780A, 780B, 784TPS, 784A, 784B, 785TPS, 785A, 785B, 785C, 786TPS, 786A, 787TPS, 787A, 787C, 787D, 788TPS, 788A, 789TPS, 789A, 789B, 789C, 789D, 790TPS, 790A, 791TPS, 791A, 792TPS, 792A, 793TPS, 793A, 794TPS, 794A, 795TPS, 795A, 796TPS, and 796A.
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