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Object Number 86-51-10/80753
Display Title Oyster shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description 3 oyster shells, 1 attached to pebble
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Date 200 BCE - 1000 CE
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / <City> / Whaleback Shell heap
Intrasite Section 5-44; surface, 3 feet from
Additional Geographic Terms Damariscotta
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 28.5 × 8 × 2.8 cm (11 1/4 × 3 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 80753
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, F. W. Putnam, Director, 1886.
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1886)
Collector Abram T. Gamage (06/08/1886)

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