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Object Number 970-12-10/50605.1
Display Title Chipping waste, charcoal, metal, glass, bone, pottery, pottery sherds
Descriptions
Object Description 16 stone chips; 3 pieces quartz; 10 pieces charcoal, coal?; 9 pieces rusty metal,mostly nails; 10 pieces glass; 19 pieces pottery, mostly glazed; 3 pieces bone.
Inventory Description 13 refined earthenware body and rim sherds, 3 coarse earthenware body sherds, 1 stoneware body sherd, 2 porcelain body sherds, 11 flat and bottle glass fragments, 16 pieces of stone chipping debris, 1 possible biface fragment, and 4 bone fragments
Classification
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Intrasite N12, level 6-9 in.
Additional Geographic Terms Amoskeag Falls
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 4.5 × 2.7 × 0.8 cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/16 × 5/16 in.)
Quantity 51
Label on object 970-12-10/50605

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