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Object Number
2007.20.33
Display Title
Oyster shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Organic, faunal remain, bivalve shell fragment
Inventory Description
Organic, faunal remain, bivavle shell fragment
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Massachusetts
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Middlesex County
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Cambridge
/
Harvard Yard
Intrasite
Unit H724; Level 3; Depth 40-44 cm
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 3 × 2.1 × 0.7 cm (1 3/16 × 13/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 969-20-10/49861.1 | Shell, bivalve, oyster, half |
Faunal Remain
|
Hearthstone Building
| |
| 969-20-10/49861 | Shell, bivalve, oyster, half |
Faunal Remain
|
Hearthstone Building
| |
| 68-20-10/40264.1 | Shell, faunal remain, oyster |
Faunal Remain
|
Great Oyster?; Whaleback?
| |
| 2009.4.350 | Shell fragments, oyster |
Faunal Remain
|
Holden Chapel
| |
| 2009.4.106 | Shell fragments, oyster |
Faunal Remain
|
Holden Chapel
| |
| 987-22-10/113200 | Organic, faunal remain, oyster shell fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 987-22-10/113295 | Organic, faunal remains, oyster shell fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.1854 | Organic, shell, faunal remain, oyster, fragment |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 19-35-20/C8560 | Shell faunal remains, spiny oyster?, white and reddish orange, some spiked ext. |
Faunal Remain
|
Copan
| |
| 35-75-10/5332 | Small oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Glidden Shell heap
| |
| 35-75-10/5333 | Oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Glidden Shell heap
| |
| 51-25-20/20604 | Clam and oyster shell samples - Pictada mozatlanica Hanley |
Faunal Remain
|
Venado Beach
|