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Object Number 83-55-10/30688
Display Title Sherds
Descriptions
Object Description 3 grit tempered sherds; 1 rim with flat lip, exterior trailed lines over smoothed surface, vertical lines, descending from lip; 5.5 thick at lip; 7 mm thick mid way down rim; profile drawn [possibly related to Angelo Punctated]; 2 other sherds: thin, smooth surface, grit tempered; 1 is a neck (4.0 mm thick), 1 body (4.5 mm thick).
Inventory Description Ceramic rim and body sherds, engraved, redware
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wisconsin / La Crosse County / La Crosse
Intrasite Top of Mound 4
Additional Geographic Terms La Crosse; park in
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 4.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 30688
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (10/01/1883)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition

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