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Image Not Available for Report, "Some Shell Heaps at Squantum, Massachusetts"
Report, "Some Shell Heaps at Squantum, Massachusetts"
Image Not Available for Report, "Some Shell Heaps at Squantum, Massachusetts"
Object Number 89-46-00/1.1
Display Title Report, "Some Shell Heaps at Squantum, Massachusetts"
Descriptions
Department Archival, Paper
Date 1899
Artist Freeman F. Burr
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Norfolk County / Quincy / Squantum Shell heap
Quantity 1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Reports pertaining to shell heaps, burial mound Tick Island
92-5-10/100487.2 Reports pertaining to shell heaps, burial mound Tick Island
Tick Island
Image Not Available for Oric Bates, notes, reports, drawings, maps Maine Shell heaps
19-22-00/1 Oric Bates, notes, reports, drawings, maps Maine Shell heaps
Maine
Image Not Available for The Harvard Yard Archaeology Project, 2011 Field Season, Survey and Excavation Report for the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
2011.14.3726.1 The Harvard Yard Archaeology Project, 2011 Field Season, Survey and Excavation Report for the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Cambridge
Image Not Available for Hand drawn site plan of burial mound and shell heaps
92-5-10/100487.1.1 Hand drawn site plan of burial mound and shell heaps
Tick Island
Image Not Available for Archaeological materials from shell heaps at Hog Island, Bremen, ME: field correspondence.
01-22-00/1 Archaeological materials from shell heaps at Hog Island, Bremen, ME: field correspondence.
Bremen
Image Not Available for Field notes, Maine Shell Heaps
84-73-00/1 Field notes, Maine Shell Heaps
Damariscotta
Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps (cont.)
2001.7.3.7.2.3 Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps (cont.)
Documentary
Damariscotta
Cambridge
Image Not Available for Commercial Map of Chatham showing location of shell heaps
970-31-00/1.1 Commercial Map of Chatham showing location of shell heaps
Chatham
Image Not Available for "Indian shell heaps, " handwritten manuscript
2001.7.3.47 "Indian shell heaps, " handwritten manuscript
Documentary
Massachusetts
Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps.
2001.7.3.7.2.2 Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps.
Documentary
Cambridge
Damariscotta
Image Not Available for Pen and ink map of shell heaps, Nicaragua
83-72-20/76066.1.1 Pen and ink map of shell heaps, Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Image Not Available for The Harvard Yard Archaeology Project, 2011 Field Season, Survey and Excavation Report for the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
2011.14.3726.2 The Harvard Yard Archaeology Project, 2011 Field Season, Survey and Excavation Report for the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Cambridge