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Object Number
67-1-10/40435
Display Title
Shells of Mactra
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Organic, faunal remains, shells, losses from edge of one shell
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Essex County
/
Ipswich
/
Shell heap
Additional Geographic Terms
Plum Island
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of one shell): 14.6 × 10.3 × 3.4 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
40435
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jeffries Wyman
(1867)
Donor
Dr. Jeffries Wyman
(1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-1-10/40149 | Shells of mactra solidissima |
Faunal Remain
|
Shell heap
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Shells of mactra, mya, etc
| 88-46-10/47075 | Shells of mactra, mya, etc |
Faunal Remain
|
Shell heap, near
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Shells of Mactra
| 67-1-10/40247 | Shells of Mactra |
Worked Shell
|
Shell heap
| |
| 51-25-20/76103 | Shell - Mactra fonsecana |
Faunal Remain
|
Central America
| |
| 2008.1.230 | Shells |
Faunal Remain
|
Panama
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Shells of Mya
| 67-1-10/40246 | Shells of Mya |
Faunal Remain
|
Shell heap
| |
| 38-28-30/4212.1 | Organic, shells, faunal remains |
Faunal Remain
|
Paracas Necropolis
| |
| 84-6-10/34830 | Organic, faunal remains, shells, one helix |
Faunal Remain
|
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
| |
| 52-28-20/19438 | Mulinia pallida, Shells Broderip & Sowerby (Bivalves) |
Faunal Remain
|
Monagrillo
| |
| 2008.1.189 | Shells, white |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 46-73-10/56974 | Unworked cardium shells - 1 complete, 1 incomplete - 12.5 cm. |
Faunal Remain
|
Los Muertos
| |
| 2008.1.229 | Different unidentified shells, remenents of soil |
Faunal Remain
|
Panama
|