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Object Number 971-36-10/51573
Display Title Miscellaneous rim sherds. various pottery types.
Descriptions
Inventory Description 1 kiln component sherd (foot?), 1 blue spatter decorated earthenware rim sherd, 1 banded yellowware rim sherd, 1 stoneware rim sherd, 1 white refined earthenware rim sherd with blue decoration, and 1 ironstone rim sherd
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Date late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge
Additional Geographic Terms Charles River; Cambridge side; Soldier's Field, near the boat house across from
Materials Earthenware
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 10.3 × 9 × 0.8 cm (4 1/16 × 3 9/16 × 5/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 971-36-10/51573
Provenance
Provenance Leo Bertoli (1971)

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Base
Body
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Body
Base
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Rim
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Faunal Remain
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Bottle Glass
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Body
Faunal Remain
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Base
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Rim
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Flat Glass
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Nail
Faunal Remain
Faunal Remain
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Coal/clinker
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
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Flat Glass
Rim
Body
Neville
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Rim
Body
Nail
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Body
Plate
Lid
Jar
Faunal Remain
Rim
Fragment
Flat Glass
Fort Independence
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Body
Rim
Bertoli residence
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Body
Rim
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Flat Glass
Coal/clinker
Plastic
Body
Rim
Chipping debris
Bottle Glass
Neville
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Body
Chipping debris
Rim
Fragment
Faunal Remain
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