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Object Number
31-11-10/A7420
Display Title
Miscellaneous shells
Descriptions
Object Description
Miscellaneous shells
Inventory Description
Various shells, 23 gastropod shells, half of one bivalve shell, and one shell fragment
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Massachusetts
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Essex County
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Ipswich
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Shell heap
Intrasite
Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms
Hog Island
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (measurement of largest gastrpod shell): 3.1 × 4.2 × 3.8 cm (1 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
25
Label on object
A/7420
Provenance
Provenance
Frederick Johnson
(1929)
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