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Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps (cont.)
Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps (cont.)
Object Number 2001.7.3.7.2.3
Display Title Newspaper article, "Egypt Outdone" Pertains to the Damariscotta oyster shell heaps (cont.)
Descriptions
Object Description Peabody Museum scrapbook (newspaper and ephemera)
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Archival, Paper
Date 1889-1914
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge
North America / United States / Maine / Lincoln County / Damariscotta
Credit Line Gift of Tozzer Library of the Harvard College Library
Provenance
Donor Tozzer Library (3/27/01)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
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
October 5, 1889 Cambridge Tribune newspaper article on the Peabody Museum.
2001.7.3.7.2.1 October 5, 1889 Cambridge Tribune newspaper article on the Peabody Museum.
Documentary
Cambridge
Shells from Damariscotta shell heaps
2004.29.888 Shells from Damariscotta shell heaps
Damariscotta
Media Restricted
 		2004.29.887 Bones from Damariscotta shell heaps, east side
Damariscotta
Newspaper clipping, Harvard University. A Glance at One of Its Most Useful Departments. The Museum Founded by the Late George Peabody," (cont.)
2001.7.3.7.1.2 Newspaper clipping, Harvard University. A Glance at One of Its Most Useful Departments. The Museum Founded by the Late George Peabody," (cont.)
Documentary
Cambridge
"Our American Pompeii. Wonderful Archaeologic Developments in Arizona," news clipping from Peabody Museum scrapbook (newspaper and ephemera), 1881-1933, vol. 4
2001.7.3.7.4.1 "Our American Pompeii. Wonderful Archaeologic Developments in Arizona," news clipping from Peabody Museum scrapbook (newspaper and ephemera), 1881-1933, vol. 4
Documentary
Cambridge
Arizona
Image Not Available for "Indian shell heaps, " handwritten manuscript
2001.7.3.47 "Indian shell heaps, " handwritten manuscript
Documentary
Massachusetts
Large oyster heap on Damariscotta River, west side.
2004.29.881 Large oyster heap on Damariscotta River, west side.
Damariscotta
Image Not Available for Excavation records, Glidden Shell Heap, Damariscotta River
35-75-00/1 Excavation records, Glidden Shell Heap, Damariscotta River
Maine
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 Report, "Some Shell Heaps at Squantum, Massachusetts"
89-46-00/1.1 Report, "Some Shell Heaps at Squantum, Massachusetts"
Squantum Shell heap
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