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Object Number 2004.29.941
Display Title Excavation of possible burial
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Supposed Norse Grave, on bank of Charles River at Bemis, W. Watertown. Mass. Excavation by Miss C. Horsford, 1894. ("I was present at the excavation in the spring of 1894" F.W. Putnam)."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Burial and Cremation
Subject
  • Grave
Department Photographic
Date 1894
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Watertown
Additional Geographic Terms Bemis
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 19.05 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

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