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The "last sod" from the building of the Peabody Museum extension, 1913. Collect
The "last sod" from the building of the Peabody Museum extension, 1913. Collect
Object Number 974-8-10/52166
Display Title The "last sod" from the building of the Peabody Museum extension, 1913. Collect
Descriptions
Object Description The "last sod" from the building of the Peabody Museum extension, 1913. Collected by the Director and various other eminent archeologist (see note in cigar box from C. C. Willoughby).
Inventory Description The "last sod" from the building of the Peabody Museum extension, 1913. Collected by the Director and various other eminent archeologist (see note in cigar box from C. C. Willoughby).
Classification
  • Organic
Department Archaeological
Date 1913
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Tozzer Library construction site
Additional Geographic Terms Harvard University
Materials Organic material
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of container): 18 x 13.5 x 8.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Last / Sod from excavation / for Peabody Museum / Extension / Dug by Prof. Putnam / and others June 21 / 1913 / Saved in Box; 974-8-10/52166
Provenance
Provenance Prof. Charles C. Willoughby (1913)

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