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Object Number
2004.29.1315
Display Title
Former site of rock shelter below carpenter station. Railroad cut.
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Jersey. / Former Site of Rock Shelter below Carpenter Station. B and Ohio RR cut. This section shows the Laurentian rock an out cropping of which formed the shelter -- This spot covered by a thick wood of oak and beech lumber-- about 1/2 mile below Indian Field (toward Philedelphia). / No. 6 / [verso] Recieved Dec. 19, 1888. Peabody Museum."
Renshaw Landscape and General Business, Photographers, 710 Passyunk Ave., Phila.
Keywords
- Geography
- Archaeological
- Site and Excavation
Subject
- Rock Shelter
- Stratigraphy
Department
Photographic
Date
ca. 1880
Artist
Renshaw Landscape and General Business
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Jersey
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 19.69 x 24.13 cm (7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
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