Adze blade

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Object Number 22-34-10/G3873

Display Title Adze blade

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ground stone adze

Classification

Adze

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Maine / Hancock County / <City> / Shell heaps

Intrasite Shell heaps

Additional Geographic Terms Hancock Point

Materials Groundstone

Dimensions Overall: 10.1 × 4.5 × 1.8 cm (4 × 1 3/4 × 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object G3873

Provenance

Provenance Dr. Warren King Moorehead (?)

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22-34-10/G3777	Adze blade; ground down to a chiselled blade	Adze	Red Paint Village?; Red Paint Cemetery?
22-34-10/G3782	Stone adze blade	Adze	Red Paint Village?; Red Paint Cemetery?
22-34-10/G3781	Stone adze blade	Adze	Red Paint Village?; Red Paint Cemetery?
22-34-10/G4065	Ground stone adze blades	Adze	Ola
22-34-10/G3779	Stone adze blade; ground to a sharp edge	Adze	Red Paint Village?; Red Paint Cemetery?
22-34-10/G3778	Stone adze blade; ground and polished down to a thin edge	Adze	Red Paint Village?; Red Paint Cemetery?
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19-22-10/93069	Ground stone, adze blade fragment	Adze	Shell heap
22-34-10/G3863	Broken adze blade	Adze	Shell heap
22-34-10/G3861	Broken adze blade	Adze	Shell heap
22-34-10/G3879	Broken adze blade	Adze	Shell heaps
22-34-10/G3875	Adze blade	Adze	Shell heaps

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