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Image Not Available for 6 shells; 1 cut bone?; 1 stone flake
6 shells; 1 cut bone?; 1 stone flake
Image Not Available for 6 shells; 1 cut bone?; 1 stone flake
Object Number 78-18-10/37457
Display Title 6 shells; 1 cut bone?; 1 stone flake
Descriptions
Object Description Shells, etc.
Inventory Description 6 shells, 1 cut bone?, 1 stone flake
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Knox County / <City> / Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms Cushing; St. George River; Bailey's Point, south side
Quantity 8

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
2 oyster shells; 6 unnumbered shell fragments; 1 handful of fish bones, brick fr
86-51-10/80766 2 oyster shells; 6 unnumbered shell fragments; 1 handful of fish bones, brick fr
Faunal Remain
Sherd
Faunal Remain
Whaleback Shell heap
Organic, worked animal bone, metapodial fragment, possible scraper or beamer; worked animal bone awl fragment; animal bones and fragments; animal tooth; worked antler fragment, hollowed; gastropod shells; bivalve shell fragment; worked bivalve shell fragments, two perforated; burned corn kernals; chipped stone, flakes; biface fragments; projectile points, triangular; projectile point, leaf-shaped; projectile point, lanceolate; scraper
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Utilized Antler
Leaf-shaped Projectile Point
Triangular Projectile Point
Lanceolate Projectile Point
Flake
Biface
Scraper
Utilized Shell
Corn
Charred Floral Remain
Faunal Remain
Utilized bone
Faunal Remain
Perforator
Hahn's Field
Image Not Available for 102 shell fragments and shells; 23 stone chips; 1 sherd; 8 bone and bone fragmen
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OU45; Bayou Sel
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999-22-10/85298 17 shells and shell fragments; 1 bone fragment; 7 stones and stone fragments
OU45; Bayou Sel
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999-22-10/85294 12 shells and shell fragments; 4 bone fragments; 1 stone chip
OU45; Bayou Sel
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2003.1.1007 Shells, 3 cowries w/cut tops, flat spiral shells of varying sizes
Shell
Image Not Available for 1 bag shells, 1 box shells
84-73-10/36878 1 bag shells, 1 box shells
Shell heap
Image Not Available for Broken clam shells; two stone flakes; one snail shell
84-73-10/37501 Broken clam shells; two stone flakes; one snail shell
Shell heap
Necklace of 7 pieced shells, 1 unpierced shell, 1 peirced snail shell, 1 small r
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Bead
Carabobo
75 nassarius tegula shells, 87 olivella shells, 2 conus shells, 1 with spire rem
46-73-10/57025 75 nassarius tegula shells, 87 olivella shells, 2 conus shells, 1 with spire rem
Ornament
Los Muertos
Image Not Available for Sherds and 2 shells, 1 piece of bone
31-36-20/C12544 Sherds and 2 shells, 1 piece of bone
Faunal Remain
Sitio Conte
Image Not Available for 4 shells and shell fragments; 1 stone; 1 stone chip
999-22-10/85303 4 shells and shell fragments; 1 stone; 1 stone chip
OU45; Bayou Sel