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Object Number 35-75-10/5337
Display Title Fragment of stone celt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone adze, broken at one end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / Newcastle / Glidden Shell heap
Intrasite E 280 B, 306 deep, 100 out
Additional Geographic Terms Damariscotta River, West bank of; Peninsula Mound
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 × 5.5 × 3 cm (2 11/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-57-10/5337
Provenance
Provenance Frederick Johnson (1935)
Provenance Division of Anthropology Expedition (1935)

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