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Object Number
85-30-10/38233
Display Title
Soil sample
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, soil sample with bone fragments in vile
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 1
Intrasite
Mound B, Point A in diagram
Additional Geographic Terms
Fox River, left bank of; Elgin Township
Materials
Soil
Quantity
1
Label on object
38233
Provenance
Collector
William B. Nickerson
(1885)
Donor
William B. Nickerson
(1885)
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