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Object Number 2004.29.1267
Display Title Glacial deposit with cross bedding. Arendts sandpit, Dentzville
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Jersey. (Trenton) / Season 1909. Glacial Deposit. Arendt's Sandpit. Dentzville, showing cross bedding. Whole depth of bank 12 ft. Fine Whitish dust on right marked X. just below the yellow top loam. Delaware Valley Exploration. Arends Sand Pit - Dentzville, N.J."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Geography
Subject
  • Glacial deposit
Department Photographic
Date 1909
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Jersey / Mercer County / Hamilton Township
North America / United States / New Jersey / Mercer County / Hamilton Township / Ahrendts Sand Pit
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 16.51 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

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2004.29.1268 Looking west showing the East trenches of Mt. Arendts Sand pits
Hamilton Township
Ahrendts Sand Pit
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2004.29.1270 Large rock in Arendts sand pit.
Ahrendts Sand Pit
Hamilton Township
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2004.29.1269 Sand digger at work in sand pits
Ahrendts Sand Pit
Hamilton Township
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2004.29.1187 Water worn rock (Glacial deposit) on the road (about 1/8 mile from the bluff)
C.C. Abbott's Farm
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2004.29.1188 Angular Rock (glacial Deposit) on the road to the Labor Homestead near trenches
Trenton
Glacial gravel on an old shore of the Delaware River at Morrisville.
2004.29.1280 Glacial gravel on an old shore of the Delaware River at Morrisville.
Morrisville
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2004.29.1162 Bone antler in undisturbed glacial sand
Cox's sandpit
Image Not Available for Figure 5 - Sections of Pits Dug in the Early Post-Glacial Deposits between the W
2005.2.346.3 Figure 5 - Sections of Pits Dug in the Early Post-Glacial Deposits between the W
Ireland
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2004.29.1224 View of glacial sand stratified with red clay.
Bilbee's Sand pit
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2004.29.1161 Bone antler in undisturbed glacial sand
Cox's sandpit
Image Not Available for Figure 3, sections of pits dug in the glacial terrace, showing the deposits.
2005.2.346.1 Figure 3, sections of pits dug in the glacial terrace, showing the deposits.
Ireland
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2010.1.29.35 Angular rock (glacial deposit) on the road to the Lalor Homestead.
Lalor Farm