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Object Number
86-51-10/81060
Display Title
Oyster shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Oyster shells
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Maine
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Lincoln County
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<City>
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Whaleback Shell heap
Intrasite
Surface, 3 feet from
Additional Geographic Terms
Damariscotta
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 12.4 × 5.8 × 1.4 cm (4 7/8 × 2 5/16 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity
20
Label on object
81060
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Faunal Remain
|
Glidden Shell heap
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| 35-75-10/5333 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Glidden Shell heap
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| 86-51-10/80753.1 | Oyster shell attached to pebble, shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Whaleback Shell heap
| |
| 82-62-10/29269 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Shell heap
| |
| 999-22-10/86452 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Barnstable County
| |
|
| 86-51-10/80753 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Whaleback Shell heap
| |
| 974-36-10/52380 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Shells of Oyster
| 83-7-20/29029 | Shells of Oyster |
Faunal Remain
|
Tampico
Mound | |
| 2011.8.11 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 992-9-10/103536 | Shell fragments, 2 intact oyster shells, 1 possible quahog fragment |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 980-3-10/104569 | Shell fragments, including some oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Wadsworth Gate
| |
| 987-22-10/105748 | Shell fragments, likely oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
|