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Object Number 983-4-10/58828
Display Title Soil sample. Contains visible fragments of paint, charcoal, bone, wood, and glass.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Soil sample. Contains visible fragments of paint, charcoal, bone, wood, and glass.
Classification
  • Soil
Department Archaeological
Date 1840-1849
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Radcliffe Yard
Intrasite Agassiz Hall; east corner
Additional Geographic Terms Harvard University
Materials Soil
Dimensions 3x5" bag
Quantity 1 3x5 bag

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Soil
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Image Not Available for Soil sample, contains some shell
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Soil Sample
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Stone
Chipping debris
Projectile Point
Stemmed Projectile Point
Faunal Remain
Soil Sample
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Charcoal
Soil
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Body
Chipping debris
Stone
Charcoal
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Body
Flake
Charcoal
Faunal Remain
Soil Sample
Stone
Faunal Remain
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Image Not Available for Soil sample with fish bone fragments and charcoal fragments
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Charcoal
Soil Sample
Fragment
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Fragment
Soil
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Image Not Available for Soil concretion with fabric and wood fragments
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Soil
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Conglomerated soil with fragments of coal, wood, etc. in it
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Soil
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Image Not Available for Organic, soil sample with fragments
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Soil
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