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Fire stone
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Object Number 92-12-10/50919
Display Title Fire stone
Descriptions
Object Description Partially disintegrated fire stone (part of fire set).
Inventory Description Fire stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Hancock County / Orland / Ancient Indian Burial Place
Intrasite Section C, number 9
Additional Geographic Terms Shore of Lake Alamoosook
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Prof. Charles C. Willoughby (1892)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1892)

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