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Object Number 99-30-10/56357
Display Title Hammerstone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone, hammer stone, flat and oval in shape, wear marks around 3/4 of perimeter
Classification
  • Hammer Stone
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: 7.2 × 5.8 × 2.5 cm (2 13/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56357; Goat Acre / #. 14, 1889.

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