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Object Number 84-73-10/36954
Display Title Shells
Descriptions
Object Description Mussels.
Inventory Description Shells
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / Newcastle / Great Oyster?; Whaleback?
Additional Geographic Terms Damariscotta; Damariscotta River, east side
Quantity 6

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Pieces of mussel shells
35-75-10/5334 Pieces of mussel shells
Shell
Glidden Shell heap
Image Not Available for Shells (mytilus edulis linn)
56-45-10/35470 Shells (mytilus edulis linn)
Ipswich
Image Not Available for Shells
84-73-10/36892 Shells
Great Oyster?; Whaleback?
Image Not Available for Shells
84-73-10/36921 Shells
Great Oyster?; Whaleback?
Image Not Available for Mussels shells found with 13056
77-84-30/13062 Mussels shells found with 13056
Ancient Cemetery
Image Not Available for Organic, shell, utilized shells, mussel, limpet, perforated, worn
2002.1.2254 Organic, shell, utilized shells, mussel, limpet, perforated, worn
Utilized Shell
Morocco
Image Not Available for Mussel shells
84-73-10/37389 Mussel shells
North Shell heap
Mussels used as food by the natives
72-20-30/6777 Mussels used as food by the natives
Shell
South America
Image Not Available for Mussel shells
999-22-10/86451 Mussel shells
Faunal Remain
Barnstable County
Shells, faunal
80-20-10/21280.2 Shells, faunal
Raw Material
Faunal Remain
Neeley's Ferry Mounds; Arkansas State # 3CS24
Shells, fragments, five species
68-20-10/40117 Shells, fragments, five species
Faunal Remain
Shell heap
Image Not Available for Shells
67-1-10/40371 Shells
Shell heap