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Object Number 2004.29.874
Display Title Excavation at Whaleback Shell Midden
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Maine (Damariscotta) / Whaleback Shellmound"
Keywords
  • Worked and Unspecified Material
  • Archaeological
  • Site and Excavation
Subject
  • Site
  • Shell heap
Department Photographic
Date 1850
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / Damariscotta / Whaleback Shell mound
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 19.05 cm (4 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

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Whaleback Shell Midden
2004.29.873 Whaleback Shell Midden
Whaleback Shell mound
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Excavation at Whaleback Shell Midden
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Whaleback Shell mound
Looking southwest from site of Whaleback Shell Midden
2004.29.876 Looking southwest from site of Whaleback Shell Midden
Whaleback Shell mound
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2004.29.883 Whaleback Shell Midden
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Looking Northwest. Peninsula Mound in middle distance.
2004.29.877 Looking Northwest. Peninsula Mound in middle distance.
Whaleback Shell mound
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2004.29.878 Site in Damariscotta
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