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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 sample; contains some noticeable bone, wood, charcoal, and mortar fragments
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Soil
Radcliffe Yard
Image Not Available for Soil sample, contains some shell
2003.1.766 Soil sample, contains some shell
Soil Sample
Image Not Available for Soil sample, contains pebbles
2003.1.769 Soil sample, contains pebbles
Soil Sample
Sample soil, charcoal and stone fragments; 25 pcs stone; 32 fragments limestone
970-12-10/50832 Sample soil, charcoal and stone fragments; 25 pcs stone; 32 fragments limestone
Projectile Point
Stemmed Projectile Point
Faunal Remain
Stone
Chipping debris
Soil Sample
Neville
Soil fragments, possibly clay, with charcoal fragments embedded in them
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Soil
Charcoal
Fish Hatchery Mound; Ohio State Site # 33HA 229 (143)
27 fragments stone; 42 fragments quartz and limestone; sample charcoal and soil;
970-12-10/50831 27 fragments stone; 42 fragments quartz and limestone; sample charcoal and soil;
Body
Chipping debris
Stone
Charcoal
Neville
Soil sample, including animal bone fragments, some burned and calcined, shell fragments, stone fragments, chipped stone flakes, charcoal fragments, and shell-tempered earthenware body sherd
2019.15.215 Soil sample, including animal bone fragments, some burned and calcined, shell fragments, stone fragments, chipped stone flakes, charcoal fragments, and shell-tempered earthenware body sherd
Faunal Remain
Flake
Body
Charcoal
Faunal Remain
Soil Sample
Stone
Hahn's Field
Image Not Available for Soil sample with fish bone fragments and charcoal fragments
992-9-10/102561 Soil sample with fish bone fragments and charcoal fragments
Charcoal
Fragment
Soil Sample
Harvard Yard
Wood fragments; possible soil sample
987-22-10/104347 Wood fragments; possible soil sample
Fragment
Soil
Harvard Yard
Image Not Available for Soil concretion with fabric and wood fragments
2000.1.578 Soil concretion with fabric and wood fragments
Soil
North America
Image Not Available for Organic, soil sample with fragments
07-56-40/72557 Organic, soil sample with fragments
Soil
France
Conglomerated soil with fragments of coal, wood, etc. in it
2008.22.1801 Conglomerated soil with fragments of coal, wood, etc. in it
Soil
Harvard Yard