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ecords show his property increased in value 100% sometime between the 1850 and 1860census. Artifacts from the Dining and Kitchen groups dating to this same period show anintensive use of the site at that time (i.e., Whitewares, ale bottles, stonewares, etc.—it islikely that much of the wine bottle and tumbler remains belongs to this period also) (Tables3, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13). It is possible that the assertion in secondary sources (Vickers1985:100) that Watson ran a hotel on the lot relates to some kind of establishment in the oldJames Hogg house itself, providing food to tenants of the “Poor House” and others, ratherthan being a full-fledged hotel.Of course, Dining ceramics are represented on the lot from the 1800–1830 period aswell (which must be related to the house and store on the northern part of the lot), but theartifacts that are more likely to indicate the presence of an inn or boarding house—the alebottles, and the great number of tumblers—are not found underneath the “Poor House”foundation, and certainly postdate its construction (Tables 7 and 13). The majority of thewine bottle fragments also postdate the “Poor House” construction (Table 9). The fact thatthe sale of wine and ale was legal for most of the 1840s through 1875 and illegal from 1875on, somewhat counts against the ale bottles, wine bottles, and tumblers being associated withRoberson’s Hotel/Central Hotel established after 1882. The stemware, on the other hand,may or may not have been associated with the hotel.ACTIVITIES GROUPThis group contains artifacts related to diverse activities (Table 1). Some of these areparticularly appropriate to university students, like the writing tools, while others such as thehorseshoes and hand tools, are perhaps more likely related to the hotel context.Ammunition. Several types of ammunition were found on the site. This assemblageincludes 12-gauge shotgun shell bases (23 of them short and four long), five .22 cal pistolcasings, and one .22 cal rifle casing. These are as yet undated, but in addition to the above,there was one .577 caliber sporting rifle cartridge of drawn brass, 1.5 inches in length, of astyle produced in Britain by Enfield between 1870 and the 1890s (Figure 35d). Except forone shotgun shell in Level 1 and another in Level 4, all the ammunition (n=32, 94%) wasfound in Level 2 from all around the perimeter of the fraternity house. Thus, the bulk of theammunition probably belongs to the fraternity house era.Throughout most of the nineteenth century, firing guns inside the town limits ofChapel Hill was forbidden. Even so, Battle (1907:270) says of Chapel Hill in the 1820s“Shooting firearms ‘in sport, wantoness or licentiousness’ was forbidden under a penalty ofone dollar. But firing on public occasions or musters was not only not prohibited butencouraged.”In the early days of the University there was much student violence associated withfirearms such as dueling and firing guns at unpopular professors (see Battle 1907:194, 197,298–299). Students also liked to set off gunpowder explosions (see Battle 1907:275, 314).The University tried to ban possession of firearms (and dogs) by students early on (Battle1907:191), but they were unsuccessful because it was necessary for some students to providetheir own food, or to supplement the meager fare served at the Commons (until 1844) by45