Shells and shell fragments

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Object Number 84-73-10/37154

Display Title Shells and shell fragments

Descriptions

Object Description Broken shells.

Inventory Description Shells and shell fragments

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Maine / Knox County / <City> / Shell heap

Intrasite Surface

Additional Geographic Terms Cushing; Meduncook River; Davis Point, south shore

Quantity 2 boxes

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for 2 boxes, 1 bag shells and shell fragments	84-73-10/37469	2 boxes, 1 bag shells and shell fragments		Shell heap
Image Not Available for 4 boxes, 1 bag of shells and shell fragments	84-73-10/37426	4 boxes, 1 bag of shells and shell fragments		South Shell heap
Image Not Available for Shells and shell fragments	84-73-10/37155	Shells and shell fragments		Shell heap
	999-22-10/77677	Organic, worked animal bone, metapodial fragment, possible scraper or beamer; worked animal bone awl fragment; animal bones and fragments; animal tooth; worked antler fragment, hollowed; gastropod shells; bivalve shell fragment; worked bivalve shell fragments, two perforated; burned corn kernals; chipped stone, flakes; biface fragments; projectile points, triangular; projectile point, leaf-shaped; projectile point, lanceolate; scraper	Faunal Remain Faunal Remain Perforator Utilized bone Triangular Projectile Point Corn Leaf-shaped Projectile Point Biface Flake Scraper Lanceolate Projectile Point Utilized Shell Charred Floral Remain Utilized Antler	Hahn's Field
Image Not Available for 2 boxes and 1 bag of shells and fragments	84-73-10/36904	2 boxes and 1 bag of shells and fragments		Great Oyster?; Whaleback?
Image Not Available for Shells and fragments	84-73-10/36959	Shells and fragments		Shell heap
	46-73-10/57026	Fragments of cardium shells	Shell	Los Muertos
Image Not Available for 7 halves of oyster shells; 4 oyster shell fragments; 3 quahog shell fragments	977-54-10/57890	7 halves of oyster shells; 4 oyster shell fragments; 3 quahog shell fragments		Mattapoisett Phase II
Image Not Available for Oyster shells (3), fragments of clam shells (5)	968-12-10/49982	Oyster shells (3), fragments of clam shells (5)		Garland
	88-7-10/45244	Organic, gastropod shells, includes fragments and utilized shells	Fragment Shell Utilized Shell	Shell heap
	999-22-10/77633	Organic, worked bivalve shells, perforated; bivalve shell fragments; gastropod shell; chipped stone, projectile points, triangular and ovate, one with cortex; ceramic, earthenware rim sherd, notched rim, undecorated body, shell-tempered	Rim Ovate Projectile Point Utilized Shell Triangular Projectile Point Faunal Remain	Hahn's Field
	974-5-10/52626	Shells and shell fragments, some possibly perforated; bone fragments	Faunal Remain Faunal Remain	Turner Group?; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26?

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