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Image Not Available for 14 rhyolite flakes. 4.1-1.1 x 2.3-0.6 x 1.9-0.1 cm., 24.6 gm. total.
14 rhyolite flakes. 4.1-1.1 x 2.3-0.6 x 1.9-0.1 cm., 24.6 gm. total.
Image Not Available for 14 rhyolite flakes. 4.1-1.1 x 2.3-0.6 x 1.9-0.1 cm., 24.6 gm. total.
Object Number 977-17-10/57453
Display Title 14 rhyolite flakes. 4.1-1.1 x 2.3-0.6 x 1.9-0.1 cm., 24.6 gm. total.
Descriptions
Object Description 14 rhyolite flakes. 4.1-1.1 x 2.3-0.6 x 1.9-0.1 cm., 24.6 gm. total.
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Archaic Period
  • Middle Woodland Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Hampden County / Palmer / Palmer Area 5
Intrasite Test unit 1f; level 1
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm (1 5/8 x 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Provenance Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Harvard University (1977)

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977-17-10/57410 1 rhyolite groundstone fragment. 9.0 x 2.3 x 2.6 cm., 88.9 gm.
Palmer Area 5
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977-17-10/57442 2 rhyolite flakes (debris - 2.4 x 2.0 x 0.2 cm.; 2.2 x 0.6 x 0.2 cm.); 1 basalt
Palmer Area 5
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977-17-10/57462 2 rhyolite flakes. 1.7 x 1.3 x 0.1 cm.; 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.1 cm.
Palmer Area 5
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977-17-10/57440 9 quartz flakes and hunks (debris). 4.4-1.4 x 4.0-1.0 x 1.7-0.2 cm., 59.4 gm. to
Palmer Area 5
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977-17-10/57394 4 quartzite frags. (4.6-0.7 x 2.8-1.0 x 2.4-0.2 cm., 26.5 gm. total); 4 grey che
Palmer Area 5
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977-17-10/57409 1 rhyolite flake (chipping debris - 2.7 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm.); 40 grey chert chipping
Palmer Area 5
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977-17-10/57458 17 pot sherds. 4.0-1.7 x 2.0-1.4 x 0.8-0.4 cm., 50.1 gm. total.
Palmer Area 5
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