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Object Number 983-5-10/58837
Display Title Pieces of bone; Largest piece: 15.2 cm x 4.8 cm x 1.0 cm, smallest piece: 2.3 cm
Descriptions
Inventory Description Animal bone and bone fragments, including mammal and fish bones
Classification
  • Faunal Remain
Department Archaeological
Date late 18th century
Culture
  • Historic Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard
Intrasite Lehman Hall
Additional Geographic Terms Harvard University
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 15.2 x 4.8 x 1 cm (6 x 1 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 22
Label on object 983-5-10/58837

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Colorless bottle glass
Body
Rim
Base
Harvard Yard
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983-5-10/58829 Pieces of metal - nails; Largest piece: 6.6 cm, smallest piece: 1.5 cm x .4 cm
Nail
Harvard Yard
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Pipe stem
Harvard Yard
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Faunal Remain
Harvard Yard
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Body
Rim
Base
Harvard Yard
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Chipping debris
Sarbebi
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Utilized Shell
Los Muertos
Image Not Available for 4 pieces of corroded copper plating, some crumpled. largest: 17 x 6.3 cm.
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Miscellaneous
L'Herminie
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Chamber pot
Harvard Yard
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Ground Stone
Costa Rica
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Utilized Shell
Los Muertos
Image Not Available for Organic debris: 3 pieces of bone (6.5-5.0 x 2.8-2.5 x 0.6-0.5 cm.); 1 oyster she
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Palmer Area 5