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Image Not Available for Piece of turtle carapace
Piece of turtle carapace
Image Not Available for Piece of turtle carapace
Object Number 90-37-10/A75
Display Title Piece of turtle carapace
Descriptions
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Anderson Township / Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Intrasite trench 2 in oval embankment; section 12; ashbed 1
Additional Geographic Terms Anderson Township
Materials Turtle shell
Provenance
Provenance Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (1890)
Provenance Dr. Charles L. Metz (1890)
Provenance Peabody Museum Expedition (1890)

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