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Object Number 2008.22.3539
Display Title Shell fragments, including some oysters
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shell fragments, including some oysters
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite See remark
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall (Largest fragment): 11.4 × 5.9 × 1.6 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/16 × 5/8 in.)
Quantity Too fragmentary to count accurately

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Faunal Remain
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Faunal Remain
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Japan
Man on boat, shucking oysters
2017.11.2.263 Man on boat, shucking oysters
Miyagi
Man opening oysters at Sharja
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Arab opening oysters in search of pearls
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Sharjah
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Faunal Remain
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Sherd
Brick
Stone
Fragment
Fragment
Nail
Coal/clinker
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Faunal Remain
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