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Object Number
2007.20.1041
Display Title
Organic, shell, bivalve, oysters
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, shell, bivalve, oysters
Classification
- Shell
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Middlesex County
/
Cambridge
/
Harvard Yard
Intrasite
H737L6
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 8.4 × 4.7 × 1.4 cm (3 5/16 × 1 7/8 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-35-20/C1177 | Shells of Pearl Oysters |
Faunal Remain
|
Copan
| |
| 2008.22.3539 | Shell fragments, including some oysters |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 992-9-10/103599 | Shell fragments, 3 oysters intact |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.3923 | Organic, shell, bivalve, oyster, refitted fragments |
Shell
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.1521 | Organic, shell, bivalve, oyster fragments |
Shell
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.46 | Organic, shell, bivalve, oyster fragments |
Shell
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.641 | Organic, shell, bivalve, oyster fragments |
Shell
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.2841 | Organic, shell, faunal, bivalve, oyster, fragment |
Shell
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2003.2.16.1368 | Yamada-Wan fisheries, nori and oysters being grown |
Japan
| ||
| 2017.11.2.263 | Man on boat, shucking oysters |
Miyagi
| ||
| 2004.24.21567 | Man opening oysters at Sharja |
Sharjah
| ||
| 2004.24.21568 | Arab opening oysters in search of pearls |
Sharjah
|