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Undecorated pearlware body sherd; blue hand painted pearlware body sherds; flow blue refined earthenware body sherd; blue hand painted tin glazed earthenware body sherd, glaze only
Undecorated pearlware body sherd; blue hand painted pearlware body sherds; flow blue refined earthenware body sherd; blue hand painted tin glazed earthenware body sherd, glaze only
Object Number 2016.29.1602
Display Title Undecorated pearlware body sherd; blue hand painted pearlware body sherds; flow blue refined earthenware body sherd; blue hand painted tin glazed earthenware body sherd, glaze only
Descriptions
Inventory Description Undecorated pearlware body sherd; blue hand painted pearlware body sherds; flow blue refined earthenware body sherd; blue hand painted tin glazed earthenware body sherd, glaze only
Classification
  • Body
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite H943, Level 3, 49-60 cm
Materials Pearlware , Earthenware
Dimensions Overall (Largest sherd): 2.7 × 1.7 × 0.4 cm (1 1/16 × 11/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Credit Line Harvard Yard Excavations, 2016

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Body
Faunal Remain
Harvard Yard
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Body
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Body
Rim
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Body
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Rim
Body
Harvard Yard
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Rim
Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Rim
Harvard Yard
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Body
Harvard Yard
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Body
Base
Harvard Yard
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Rim
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Base
Body
Rim
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