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Object Number
78-18-10/14178
Display Title
Shells
Descriptions
Object Description
Shells.
Inventory Description
Organic, faunal, shelves, three bivalves, one spiral, and one snail, and loose soil
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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Hancock County
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<City>
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Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms
Great Deer Island; Oak Point
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest specimen): 9 × 6 × 2 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
14.178
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|
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| |
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Faunal Remain
|
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| |
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Faunal Remain
|
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| |
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Faunal Remain
|
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| |
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Faunal Remain
|
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| |
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Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
| 52-28-20/19440 | Ostrea chilensis shells-Sowerby (Bivalves) |
Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
| 52-28-20/19442 | Pitar tortosa shells-Broderip. (Bivalves) |
Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
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Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
| 52-28-20/19450 | Volsella guayanensis shells, Lamarck (Bivalves) |
Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
| 52-28-20/19432 | Donax asper Shells-Hanley (Bivalves) |
Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
| 52-28-20/19434 | Donax punctostriatus Shells (Bivalves) Hanley |
Faunal Remain
|
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