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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
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United States
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Wisconsin
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La Crosse County
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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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