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Pegg’s Run South:
| Site Name | Pegg's Run South |
| PASS# | 36PH0227 |
| Image | 1 image site overview |
| Dates of Excavation | 2016 |
| Phase of Excavation | Phase I, II and III |
| Number of Units | 20 |
| Approximate Number of Features Identified | 3 |
| Associated Periods | Pre-contact to early nineteenth century |
| Site Acreage | 2.27 |
The excavation site was situated within the footprint of a proposed stormwater basin, approximately 250 feet north of Callowhill Street and 450 feet south of the Pegg’s Run North Site. Excavation focused on an area that was formerly Margaretta Street, oriented east-west along the south bank of Pegg’s Run. Buildings constructed along the north and south sides of Margaretta Street in the nineteenth century removed earlier deposits and features. The location of Margaretta Street remained consistent from the late eighteenth century into the twentieth century. The nineteenth-century roadway was constructed onto approximately 3 feet of fill that served to preserve an earlier eighteenth-century road surface and refuse midden.
A total of 20 5-foot-square excavation units were placed across the former roadway where it passed under the I-95 ramp, identifying the remnants of the eighteenth-century road surface beneath the nineteenth-century road fill. The thin compact soil deposit contained mid- to late-eighteenth-century artifacts, along with small cobbles and brick forming the road surface. An apparent eighteenth-century domestic midden was identified directly beneath the road surface and along the northern edge of the road alignment adjacent to the south bank of Pegg’s Run. The midden sloped in a northerly direction, reflecting the bank of Pegg’s Run, and contained faunal remains, ceramic sherds, coins, buttons, and other domestic-related artifacts. This material may have come from houses located along the north side of Margaretta Street, as shown on late-eighteenth-century maps of the area. Flood deposits beneath the eighteenth-century midden revealed natural gullies and channels probably related to numerous flooding episodes. Flood deposits excavated from these features yielded early-eighteenth-century coins and pre-contact artifacts.
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Pegg’s Run South
| Site Name | Pegg's Run South |
| PASS# | 36PH0227 |
| Image | 1 image site overview |
| Dates of Excavation | 2016 |
| Phase of Excavation | Phase I, II and III |
| Number of Units | 20 |
| Approximate Number of Features Identified | 3 |
| Associated Periods | Pre-contact to early nineteenth century |
| Site Acreage | 2.27 |
The excavation site was situated within the footprint of a proposed stormwater basin, approximately 250 feet north of Callowhill Street and 450 feet south of the Pegg’s Run North Site. Excavation focused on an area that was formerly Margaretta Street, oriented east-west along the south bank of Pegg’s Run. Buildings constructed along the north and south sides of Margaretta Street in the nineteenth century removed earlier deposits and features. The location of Margaretta Street remained consistent from the late eighteenth century into the twentieth century. The nineteenth-century roadway was constructed onto approximately 3 feet of fill that served to preserve an earlier eighteenth-century road surface and refuse midden.
A total of 20 5-foot-square excavation units were placed across the former roadway where it passed under the I-95 ramp, identifying the remnants of the eighteenth-century road surface beneath the nineteenth-century road fill. The thin compact soil deposit contained mid- to late-eighteenth-century artifacts, along with small cobbles and brick forming the road surface. An apparent eighteenth-century domestic midden was identified directly beneath the road surface and along the northern edge of the road alignment adjacent to the south bank of Pegg’s Run. The midden sloped in a northerly direction, reflecting the bank of Pegg’s Run, and contained faunal remains, ceramic sherds, coins, buttons, and other domestic-related artifacts. This material may have come from houses located along the north side of Margaretta Street, as shown on late-eighteenth-century maps of the area. Flood deposits beneath the eighteenth-century midden revealed natural gullies and channels probably related to numerous flooding episodes. Flood deposits excavated from these features yielded early-eighteenth-century coins and pre-contact artifacts.