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ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION OF STATE CIRCLE, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND by Esther Doyle Read Contributions by Jean Russo George Logan Brett Burk Mark P. Leone, PhD Barbara J. Little, PhD Principal Investigators 30 June 1990 Report prepared for the City of Annapolis by "Archaeology in Annapolis" A cooperative project between The Historic Annapolis Foundation and The University of Maryland, College Park ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding for the State Circle Archaeological Project was provided by the City of Annapolis. The State of Maryland provided the City with the bulk of funding for the undergrounding of the utilities and also provided the bulk of the funds for the archaeological component of the project. All of the State funds were administered through the State's Department of General Services. The funds allotted to the City were administered by the City's Department of Public Works. The City of Annapolis, Department of Public Works administered the funds for the archaeological project. Historic Annapolis Foundation administered the funds for the archaeological project under an agreement with the city's Department of Public Works. The University of Maryland, College Park, through its Department of Anthropology, provided all the labor and supervision for the archaeological project. The Maryland Historical Trust, a division of the State's Department of Housing and Community Development facilitated the agreements between the State, the City, and Historic Annapolis k oundation. Numerous individuals contributed to the success of this project. I would like to thank Govenor William Donald Schaffer for his support of the archaeological work done on State Circle. Earl Seboda, Director of the State Department of General Services and Jerry Walls, Chief of the Department of General Services Police, as well as their staffs, were always supportive throughout the project. Rodney Little, Director of the Division of Culture and History, the Department of Housing and Community Development and his associates Mark Edwards, Bill Pencek, Richard Hughes, and Beth Cole provided the project with support and advice from the beginning. Former Mayor Dennis Callahan and present Mayor Alfred Hopkins, of the City of Annapolis, were supportive of the project. Emory Harrison, Director of Capital Projects and his assistant, Margaret Martin, provided the project with maps of the planned construction and advised the project concerning the location of city utilities. The cooperation of the Annapolis Police and Fire Departments regarding the reservation of parking spaces for excavation aided in the successful completion of the project. Marge Gigalone of the Annapolis Parking Division was particularly helpful when the project needed to reserve spaces. Joseph Coale, Director of the Historic Annapolis Foundation (HAF) and Judy Sweeny, Administrator of Archaeology for HAF, provided support and advice throughout all phases of the project. Jean Russo, also of HAF, did much of the research for the lot histories in this volume. She also contributed an appendix to this volume dealing with the history of improvements to the Streets of Annapolis. Rosemary Earlbeck of HAF aidedthe project in gathering data from the HAF data bank. Without the support of the merchants on Maryland Avenue and the people of Annapolis, this project would not have proceeded as smoothly as did. Many people stopped to talk to us during the field work and often provided information concerning changes to the circle. I would like to thank the Staff at the YWCA on State Circle who opened their doors to the crew and provided us with hot drinks and warm facilities. Additionally I'd like to thank Brian Parker of Colmar and Associates for taking time off from his job to help the crew build fences and shoring for the project area. The Capital newspaper of Annapolis also supported us continually through the project and I would like to thank them for the excellent articles they wrote about the project. The success of this project was guaranteed by the crew who worked on it. Mark Warner was an excellent Assistant Project Archaeologist. When he left this position in January of 1990 he was succeeded by Jennifer Stabler who was also an excellent assistant. George Logan was the public program director. With consultant Parker Potter Jr., George created an exciting program for the many visitors to the project area. Tom Boder, Patrick Callahan, Alan Green, Dana Holland, Fritz Kleyle, Simon Lewaithe, Justin Lev Tov, Carey OIReilly, and Patty Parkinson participated as crew members. Their enthusiasm in the face of December's snows helped to keep the project going with few delays. I would also like thank Victor Raspa of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Victor came to work for us as a temporary jack-hammer operator and became so interested in the project that he learned to give the public program. Julie Ernstien and the volunteers at the Victualing Warehouse lab in Annapolis did all the cleaning, labeling, and cataloging of artif acts recovered during the project . I was aided in the production of this report by many people. Carey O1Reilly did the drafting of profiles and plan views within this report. Lynn Jones provided production assistance with the drawings. I owe Mark Leone, Paul Shackel, and Barbara Little a debt of gratitude. They advised me through the production of the proposal for the excavation of State Circle, and then provided support and advice throughout the long field and lab phases of the project. Mark and Barbara also advised me throughout the writing of the final report. Barbara Little provided all of the editing for the final version of the report. And finally I'd like to thank Timothy Doyle for his support and understanding all through this long project. through the project and I would like to thank them for the excellent articles they wrote about the project. The success of this project was guaranteed by the crew who worked on it. Mark Warner was an excellent Assistant Project Archaeologist. When he left this position in January of 1990 he was succeeded by Jennifer Stabler who was also an excellent assistant. George Logan was the public program director. With consultant Parker Potter Jr., George created an exciting program for the many visitors to the project area. Tom Boder, Patrick Callahan, Alan Green, Dana Holland, Fritz Kleyle, Simon Lewaithe, Justin Lev Tov, Carey O'Reilly, and Patty Parkinson participated as crew members. Their enthusiasm in the face of December's snows helped to keep the project going with few delays. I would also like thank Victor Raspa of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Victor came to work for us as a temporary jack-hammer operator and became so interested in the project that he learned to give the public program. Julie Ernstien and the volunteers at the Victualing Warehouse lab in Annapolis did all the cleaning, labeling, and cataloging of artifacts recovered duringthe project. I was aided in the production of this report by many people. Carey O'Reilly did the drafting of profiles and plan views within this report. Lynn Jones provided production assistance with the drawings. I owe Mark Leone, Paul Shackel, and Barbara Little a debt of gratitude. They advised me through the production of the proposal for the excavation of State Circle, and then provided support and advice throughout the long field and lab phases of the project. Mark and Barbara also advised me throughout the writing of the final report. Barbara Little provided all of the editing for the final version of the report. And finally I'd like to thank Timothy Doyle for his support and understanding all through this long project. through the project and I would like to thank them for the excellent articles they wrote about the project. The success of this project was guaranteed by the crew who worked on it. Mark Warner was an excellent Assistant Project Archaeologist. When he left this position in January of 1990 he was succeeded by Jennifer Stabler who was also an excellent assistant. George Logan was the public program director. With consultant Parker Potter Jr., George created an exciting program for the many visitors to the project area. Tom Boder, Patrick Callahan, Alan Green, Dana Holland, Fritz Kleyle, Simon Lewaithe, Justin Lev Tov, Carey OrReilly, and Patty Parkinson participated as crew members. Their enthusiasm in the face of December's snows helped to keep the project going with few delays. I would also like thank Victor Raspa of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Victor came to work for us as a temporary jack-hammer operator and became so interested in the project that he learned to give the public program. Julie Ernstien and the volunteers at the Victualing Warehouse lab in Annapolis did all the cleaning, labeling, and cataloging of artifacts recovered during the project. I was aided in the production of this report by many people. Carey OIReilly did the drafting of profiles and plan views within this report. Lynn Jones provided production assistance with the drawings. I owe Mark Leone, Paul Shackel, and Barbara Little a debt of gratitude. They advised me through the production of the proposal for the excavation of State Circle, and then provided support and advice throughout the long field and lab phases of the project. Mark and Barbara also advised me throughout the writing of the final report. Barbara Little provided all of the editing for the final version of the report. And finally I'd like to thank Timothy Doyle for his support and understanding all through this long project. Archaeological excavations were conducted at State Circle in Annapolis during the fall and winter of 1989-1990 by "Archaeology in Annapolis", a cooperative program between the University of Maryland, College Park and the Historic Annapolis Foundation. Excavation was conducted as part of the undergrounding of public utility wires within State Circle, Francis Street, and School Street.