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Object Number 99-30-10/56354
Display Title Hammerstones
Descriptions
Inventory Description Modified lithic stones
Classification
  • Modified Lithic
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Arlington / John Sajamore's Indian village
Additional Geographic Terms Alewife Brook and Mystic River, junction of; Goat Acre
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of one): 7.2 × 6.5 × 5.6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 56354; Hammerstone / Goat Acres/1.87; HammerStone / Goat Acre / Arlington MS; Hammer Stone / Arlington Mass, / Goat Acre

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