Unidentified iron nail fragments; unidentified iron fragments; burned and partially calcined animal bone fragments; slag fragment

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Object Number 2016.29.1001

Display Title Unidentified iron nail fragments; unidentified iron fragments; burned and partially calcined animal bone fragments; slag fragment

Descriptions

Inventory Description Unidentified iron nail fragments; unidentified iron fragments; burned and partially calcined animal bone fragments; slag fragment

Classification

Unidentified
Slag
Faunal Remain
Nail

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard

Intrasite H941 Level 4, 66-78 cm

Materials Ferrous metal , Slag , Animal bone

Dimensions Overall (Largest fragment): 7.2 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm (2 13/16 × 7/8 × 11/16 in.)

Quantity 100+

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
2016.29.41	Six unidentified iron nail fragments; three unidentified iron fragments; one slag fragment	Slag Unidentified Nail	Harvard Yard
2016.29.749	Unidentified iron nail fragments, unidentified iron fragments, slag fragment	Slag Nail Unidentified	Harvard Yard
2016.29.399	Unidentified iron nail fragments; one unidentified iron fragment; one slag fragment	Slag Unidentified Nail	Harvard Yard
996-3-10/72967	Iron nail fragments; unidentified iron fragments; slag fragment	Unidentified Nail Slag	Harvard Yard
996-3-10/72978	Iron nail fragments; iron nail fragments with coal fragments attached; iron nail fragments with charcoal fragments attached; wood fragments; charcoal fragments; slag fragments; unidentified iron fragments	Nail Unidentified Charcoal Fragment Mortar Coal/clinker Slag	Harvard Yard
2016.29.537	Unidentified iron nail fragments; unidentified iron fragments; calcined animal bone fragment	Unidentified Nail Faunal Remain	Harvard Yard
2016.29.901	Unidentified iron nail fragments; slag fragment	Slag Nail	Harvard Yard
2016.29.727	Unidentified iron fragments; slag fragments	Slag Unidentified	Harvard Yard
996-3-10/74452	Coal fragments; clinker fragments; slag fragments; unidentified iron fragment	Unidentified Coal/clinker Slag	Harvard Yard
983-4-10/58823	Unidentified iron nail fragments; unidentified iron fragments; animal vertebra fragment	Nail Unidentified Faunal Remain	Radcliffe Yard
2016.29.626	Unidentified iron nail fragment; slag fragment	Slag Nail	Harvard Yard
2008.22.726	Unidentified iron fragments; one coal fragment; one slag fragment	Slag Coal/clinker Unidentified	Harvard Yard

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