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Image Not Available for 36 assorted sand-tempered sherds.
36 assorted sand-tempered sherds.
Image Not Available for 36 assorted sand-tempered sherds.
Object Number 29-37-10/98436
Display Title 36 assorted sand-tempered sherds.
Descriptions
Object Description 23 sand-tempered body sherds. 5 sand-tempered rim sherds. 8 shell-tempered body sherds.
Inventory Description Ceramic rim and body sherds, plain and incised design
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Southeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Georgia / <County> / <City> / Mercier Mound
Additional Geographic Terms Blakely, 5 miles northwest of
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/2 in.) Distance (Wall thickness): 0.7 cm
Quantity 36
Label on object 98436
Provenance
Provenance Mr. William J. Clench (1928-1929)
Provenance James E. Britt (1928-1929)

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Body
Rim
Handle
Turpin Homestead Site; Ohio State Site # 33HA28 (105; 19)
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Handle
Rim
Body
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Rim
Body
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Sherd
Macon Plateau Site
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Rim
Handle
Madisonville
Ceramic, earthenware body, rim, and handle sherds, one with rim incised above handle, one with incised rim, one with punctate rim, some cord-impressed, some incised, cord-impressed, and punctate, one undecorated, some shell-tempered, one grit-tempered; two sherds crossmend
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Rim
Body
Handle
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Body
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Barnstable
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Rim
Body
Turpin Homestead Site; Ohio State Site # 33HA28 (105; 19)