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Object Number 35-75-10/5336
Display Title Hammerstone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone tool, one end rounded, other broken, possibly end of gouge or pestle
Classification
  • Edged Tools
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / Newcastle / Glidden Shell heap
Intrasite 17 below base line 127 fromA, 230 from D
Additional Geographic Terms Damariscotta River, West bank of; Peninsula Mound
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 × 4 × 2.4 cm (3 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-75-10/5335
Provenance
Provenance Division of Anthropology Expedition (1935)
Provenance Frederick Johnson (1935)

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