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Object Number
85-30-10/38250
Display Title
Soil sample
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, soil sample in jar
Classification
- Organic
Department
Archaeological
Date
ca. 50 BC-AD 250
Culture
- Middle Woodland Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Illinois
/
Kane County
/
Elgin
/
Elgin Mounds; Group 2
Intrasite
Pocket 2. Pit A. Group No. 2 of pits.
Additional Geographic Terms
Elgin Township
Materials
Soil
Quantity
1
Label on object
38250
Provenance
Collector
William B. Nickerson
(1885)
Donor
William B. Nickerson
(1885)
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