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Object Number 14-27-10/85906
Display Title Sand stone saw with which boulders were cut
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sandstone fragment, chipped
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plateau
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Fraser River; Plateau
Materials Sandstone
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 7.5 x 1.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85906
Provenance
Provenance Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)

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2004.29.1151 Railroad cut south of Trenton. Two nearby boulders are still in place.
Trenton
Latest steps after removal of boulders of west block-porch which covered them.
58-34-20/48672 Latest steps after removal of boulders of west block-porch which covered them.
Tazumal Group
Image Not Available for View of cut bank and stream bed in Rio Seco nr. H1929. Note especially the easily available cobbles and boulders, commonly used as building materials in H1929.
2010.2.2.5.111.8 View of cut bank and stream bed in Rio Seco nr. H1929. Note especially the easily available cobbles and boulders, commonly used as building materials in H1929.
Peru
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2004.29.1223 Lot of round waterworn pebbles and boulders in the top loam or yellow drift
Bilbee's Sand pit
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2004.29.1225 Distant view looking east: lot of boulders found in top loam or yellow drift
Bilbee's Sand pit
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2004.29.1234 Looking North showing clay deposits & pits with large boulders.
Trenton
Round Stone houses of adobe and boulders - ruin lying between Augusta and Carolyn
56-58-10/100261.1.13 Round Stone houses of adobe and boulders - ruin lying between Augusta and Carolyn
Utah
Round storehouses of adobe and boulders
56-58-10/100261.1.2 Round storehouses of adobe and boulders
Utah
Excavations below boulders at front of Doolittle Cave
2004.24.18945 Excavations below boulders at front of Doolittle Cave
Grant County
Man standing next to limestone boulders in Bayabas River, Bulacan
12-61-70/10861.1.4242 Man standing next to limestone boulders in Bayabas River, Bulacan
Bulacan
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2004.29.1290 River bank. Trenton gravel showing boulders
Trenton
kiva and round storehouses of adobe and boulders
56-58-10/100261.1.1 kiva and round storehouses of adobe and boulders
Utah