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Image Not Available for Box of charred grass matting
Box of charred grass matting
Image Not Available for Box of charred grass matting
Object Number 84-6-10/34983
Display Title Box of charred grass matting
Descriptions
Object Description Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Inventory Description Organic, floral remains, charred grass matting
Classification
  • Floral Remain
Department Archaeological
Date 120 AD - 420 AD
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Ross County / <City> / Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Intrasite Edwin Harness Mound; charcoal layer on burnt clay, 1 foot above bottom of mound
Additional Geographic Terms Liberty Township; Scioto River, 3 km east of, on second terrace
Materials Charcoal
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 6.8 x 1.4 cm (4 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Sample destroyed in 1941 from "Box of charred grass matting"
84-6-10/34983.1 Sample destroyed in 1941 from "Box of charred grass matting"
Organic
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Image Not Available for Sample of bark fragment from "Box of charred grass matting"
84-6-10/34983.4 Sample of bark fragment from "Box of charred grass matting"
Wood
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Image Not Available for Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
84-6-10/34982 Charcoal, made up principally of a layer of grass matting.
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Image Not Available for Organic, tiny pieces of charred grass matting
84-6-10/34984 Organic, tiny pieces of charred grass matting
Charred Floral Remain
Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Rush matting
92-1-10/50821 Rush matting
Mat
United States
Image Not Available for Cured grass for matting
11-37-10/82921 Cured grass for matting
Alaska
Toothbrush - wooden stick with black and white checkered grass matting wound aro
39-39-50/4092 Toothbrush - wooden stick with black and white checkered grass matting wound aro
Tools
Uganda
"Pot stopper"? of rush matting
14-5-10/A1529 "Pot stopper"? of rush matting
Basket
Cliff House 7
Charred grass
76-29-10/9591 Charred grass
Floral Remain
Mound
Yucca leaf matting filled with beaten grass
15-11-10/A2450 Yucca leaf matting filled with beaten grass
Mat
Cave 2
Floral remains, possibly grass, slightly charred
2000.1.417 Floral remains, possibly grass, slightly charred
Floral Remain
North America
Image Not Available for Carbonized grass matting, frag.
84-68-10/35904 Carbonized grass matting, frag.
Madisonville