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Object Number
80-20-10/21056
Display Title
Shell beads
Descriptions
Object Description
Shell beads, mostly marine, some may be freshwater, 1 possible stone, most are disc, some oblate or barrel shaped.
Inventory Description
Organic, shell beads, discoidal, on a wire, organic residue present
Classification
- Bead
Department
Archaeological
Date
A.D. 1350 - 1550
Culture
- Parkin Phase
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Arkansas
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Cross County
/
<City>
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Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Intrasite
3 feet below surface
Additional Geographic Terms
Saint Francis River, West side of
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 5 cm (3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
59
Label on object
21.056
Provenance
Collector
Edwin Curtiss
(01/01/1880)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(04/01/1880)
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