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Object Number 971-15-10/51294
Display Title 9 european flint nodules (largest: 7.3 x 5.0 cm.)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Flint nodules, ballast flint
Classification
  • Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / Damariscove Island
Intrasite Surface
Additional Geographic Terms Boothbay Harbor, beach off
Materials Flint
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 6.6 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm (2 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 971-15-10/51294
Provenance
Provenance Mr. Cecil Pierce (1971)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Flint nodules
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Nodule
Palestine
Chipped stone, flint, nodules with slight flake taken off, one unmodified nodule with signs of use, edged tools, gravers, scrapers, point with thermal fracturing
2019.1.11 Chipped stone, flint, nodules with slight flake taken off, one unmodified nodule with signs of use, edged tools, gravers, scrapers, point with thermal fracturing
Edged Tools
Nodule
Graver
Scraper
Palestine
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Axe
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Axe
France
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Chipped Stone
San Patricio County
Image Not Available for Nodules and fragments of flint, etc.
86-32-10/A808 Nodules and fragments of flint, etc.
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Image Not Available for Flint chips, nodules, etc.
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Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
Glass bottle fragments, flint nodules, stone flakes, ceramic body and base fragments, a tooth, and ferrous metal fragments
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Miscellaneous
Stone
Flake
Bottle Glass
Body
Lincoln County