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Object Number
82-54-10/28366
Display Title
Shells and shell fragments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, faunal remains, shells and shell fragments, including clam, scallop, razor clam, whelk, and slipper shell
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
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Plymouth County
/
Duxbury
/
Shell heap
Intrasite
18 in. deep, diameter 15 ft. 6 inches of soil over heap
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of scallop): 7 × 6.4 × 1.7 cm (2 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity
8
Label on object
28366
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68-20-10/40117 | Shells, fragments, five species |
Faunal Remain
|
Shell heap
| |
| 76-46-10/10301 | Shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Essex County
| |
| 76-46-10/10327 | Shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Lynn
| |
| 76-46-10/10396 | Shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Newburyport
| |
| 86-51-10/80739 | Razor clam shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Whaleback Shell heap
| |
| 75-6-30/8263 | Shells |
Shell
|
Elizabeth Island
| |
| 86-51-10/81052 | Razor clam shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Whaleback Shell heap
| |
|
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for Razor clam shells
| 999-22-10/86448 | Razor clam shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Barnstable County
| |
| 13-67-10/88663 | Organic, shells, faunal remains |
Faunal Remain
|
Boston
| |
| 76-46-10/10361 | Shells |
Shell
|
Shell heap
| |
| 86-51-10/81047 | Clam shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Whaleback Shell heap
| |
| 35-75-10/5334 | Pieces of mussel shells |
Shell
|
Glidden Shell heap
|