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Image Not Available for Shell with red ochre
Shell with red ochre
Image Not Available for Shell with red ochre
Object Number 84-68-10/35681
Display Title Shell with red ochre
Descriptions
Object Description Red ochre in unio shell.
Inventory Description Shell holding red ochre, 3 chunks and dust
Classification
  • Shell
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Hamilton County / Madisonville
Intrasite Ashpits; Ferris Woods
Additional Geographic Terms Little Miami Valley
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 6.5 x 0.7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35681

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Image Not Available for Red ochre, pieces
47-13-50/6811 Red ochre, pieces
Raw Material
Jebel Moya
Red ochre pottery pigment, unground
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Pigment
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Image Not Available for Chunk pottery, red ochre
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A 2
Rubber of red ochre
14-63-50/B496 Rubber of red ochre
Raw Material
Egypt
Approx 80 pieces quartz; approx. 75 pcs stone; 1 small chunk red ochre (?); 1 sm
970-12-10/50574 Approx 80 pieces quartz; approx. 75 pcs stone; 1 small chunk red ochre (?); 1 sm
Coal/clinker
Fragment
Pigment
Biface
Chipping debris
Projectile Point
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Ceramic, earthenware rim and body sherds, shell-tempered, cord-impressed, incised, and punctate, strap handles, two perforated, one stained with red ochre; and one ground stone fragment with "X" shaped abrasion marks
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Body
Fragment
Rim
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Ceramic, earthenware body sherds, shell-tempered, cord-impressed, red ochre on interior
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Body
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Image Not Available for Shell, containing red ochre.
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Ochre
Body
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Ceramic, earthenware partial vessel, with handle, undecorated, shell-tempered, red ochre pigment on interior service
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Partial Vessel
Ochre
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Ceramic, earthenware body sherds with red ochre on interior, shell-tempered, cord-impressed
07-6-10/77877 Ceramic, earthenware body sherds with red ochre on interior, shell-tempered, cord-impressed
Body
Madisonville