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Object Number
89-15-10/A919.1
Display Title
Ceramic, earthenware, body sherds with impressed decoration
Descriptions
Object Description
Potsherd.
A reddish brown ceramic sherd that is made of clay with many course (organic and inorganic) inclusions. IThe surface is hard, yet light in weight; many holes from maunfacture are visible on the surface and along the break edges. What appear to the rim is decorated with circular spiraling; the flatter surface has vertical striations.
Identifying numbers:
A Peabody Museum numberin black is applied on the interior surface of the sherd.
Inventory Description
Ceramic, earthenware, body sherds with impressed decoration
Classification
- Body
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
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<City>
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Serpent Mound Park
Intrasite
village site; site 2; habitation
Materials
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 9.7 × 6.9 × 1.2 cm (3 13/16 × 2 11/16 × 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
89-15-10/A919.1
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