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Shell fragments
Object Number 980-24-10/102032
Display Title Shell fragments
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shell fragments
Classification
  • Fragment
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite S5E5, 20-24
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall (Measurements of largest): 3.2 × 1.1 × 0.4 cm (1 1/4 × 7/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 15

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Mammal bone fragments, 2 calcined fragments, 1 shell fragment, highly degraded
992-9-10/102164 Mammal bone fragments, 2 calcined fragments, 1 shell fragment, highly degraded
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
White shell fragments, likely oyster, heavily degraded; 3 unidentified bone fragments
980-3-10/107413 White shell fragments, likely oyster, heavily degraded; 3 unidentified bone fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Wadsworth Gate
Shell fragments, 2 bone fragments
980-24-10/101970 Shell fragments, 2 bone fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
17 shell fragments, 15 bone fragments
980-24-10/101969 17 shell fragments, 15 bone fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Bone fragments, 4 shell fragments
980-24-10/102008 Bone fragments, 4 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Bone fragments, 3 shell fragments
980-24-10/101999 Bone fragments, 3 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Bone fragments, likely mammal, 4 shell fragments
980-24-10/101960 Bone fragments, likely mammal, 4 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Bone fragments, likely mammal, 6 shell fragments
980-24-10/101968 Bone fragments, likely mammal, 6 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Shell fragments, 5 bone fragments, 1 fish
980-24-10/101967 Shell fragments, 5 bone fragments, 1 fish
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Bone fragments, likely mammal, 5 shell fragments
980-24-10/101964 Bone fragments, likely mammal, 5 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
12 Bone fragments, likely mammal, 7 shell fragments
980-24-10/101946 12 Bone fragments, likely mammal, 7 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard
Bone fragments, 6 shell fragments
980-24-10/101959 Bone fragments, 6 shell fragments
Fragment
Fragment
Harvard Yard