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Object Number
2011.14.3394
Display Title
Oyster shell fragments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Oyster shell fragments
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Middlesex County
/
Cambridge
/
Harvard Yard
Intrasite
"All Units"
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (Measurements of One): 5.8 × 4 × 1 cm (2 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 980-24-10/100728 | Shell fragments, 1 intact oyster shell, 1 unidentified shell fragment |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2009.4.350 | Shell fragments, oyster |
Faunal Remain
|
Holden Chapel
| |
| 2009.4.106 | Shell fragments, oyster |
Faunal Remain
|
Holden Chapel
| |
| 992-9-10/103536 | Shell fragments, 2 intact oyster shells, 1 possible quahog fragment |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 980-3-10/104569 | Shell fragments, including some oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Wadsworth Gate
| |
| 987-22-10/105748 | Shell fragments, likely oyster shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 992-9-10/103521 | Oyster shell fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2011.14.3538 | Oyster shell fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 987-22-10/113200 | Organic, faunal remain, oyster shell fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
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for White shell fragments, likely oyster, heavily degraded
| 2011.14.809 | White shell fragments, likely oyster, heavily degraded |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2017.5.161 | Oyster shell fragments, heavily degraded |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 987-22-10/112834 | Oyster shell fragments |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
|