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Object Number 56-48-10/35539

Display Title Shell fragments

Descriptions

Inventory Description Shell

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston / Shell heap

Additional Geographic Terms Joy Street, south of

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	987-22-10/110149	Collected from surface of 1986 excavation area; 17 White and tan cigarette filters, degraded; 2 metal alloy bottle caps, 1 Orangina, 1 Pepsi; 3 plastic flatware fragments; 15 clear, colorless plastic fragments; 2 ball point pens; White cotton twine fragments, lavendar polyester ribbon fragment, beige fabric bandage fragment; silver colored duct tape fragment; 3 metal alloy nail, 1 with yellow flagging tape; 1 shell fragment; 1 aqua flat glass fragment; 11 paper condiment packs; 16 white styrofoam packing peanut fragments; 12 gold and silver colored foil fragments; 19 paper fragments; 52 colorless cellophane fragments	Foil Organic Plastic Twine Screwtop Textile Styrofoam Nail	Harvard Yard
	992-9-10/102149	Shell fragments, 1 oyster shell, 2 heavily degraded bone fragments, 1 mortar fragment	Fragment Fragment Mortar	Harvard Yard
	51-25-20/20768.2	Earthenware body sherds; shell fragments; bone fragments, some burned and calcined; fish bone fragments; animal tooth; floral material; newspaper fragments, likely from packing material	Body Faunal Remain Paper Faunal Remain Floral Remain	Venado Beach
Image Not Available for Shell and glass beads, some strung together, shell fragments and bone fragments	985-27-10/76305	Shell and glass beads, some strung together, shell fragments and bone fragments	Bead	United States
Image Not Available for Clam and oyster shells and fragments, conch shell, parts of pecten shell	968-12-10/49995	Clam and oyster shells and fragments, conch shell, parts of pecten shell		Garland
	980-24-10/100728	Shell fragments, 1 intact oyster shell, 1 unidentified shell fragment	Faunal Remain	Harvard Yard
	980-24-10/101940	5 tooth fragments, 2 unidentified bone fragments, 15 unidentified shell fragments, 4 stone fragments, 1 unidentified lead fragment	Fragment Fragment Faunal Remain Unidentified Stone	Harvard Yard
	86-51-10/80766	2 oyster shells; 6 unnumbered shell fragments; 1 handful of fish bones, brick fr	Faunal Remain Sherd Faunal Remain	Whaleback Shell heap
	30-49-20/C12311.4	Bone, carved tube fragments, some mended, shell? fragments	Utilized bone	Sitio Conte
Image Not Available for Fragments oyster shells and fragment clam shell	968-12-10/49966	Fragments oyster shells and fragment clam shell		Garland
	2014.14.1088	3 unidentified bone fragments, 1 shell fragment (indeterminate), 2 slag fragments, 2 stone fragments	Stone Slag Fragment Fragment	Harvard Yard
	2003.1.1775	Organic, shell, shell fragments	Shell	New Mexico

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