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Object Number 974-24-10/52423.2
Display Title Animal bones, metal, glass
Descriptions
Inventory Description 1 coal fragment, 9 pieces bottle glass, 16 banded annular yellowware body and rim sherds, 11 blue transfer print refined earthenware body and rim shreds, 1 brown transfer print whiteware body sherd, 2 feather edge pearlware sherds, 1 polychrome whiteware body sherd, 1 coarse earthenware vessel handle, 150 animal bones, 17 shells, and 1 unidentified plastic(?) fragment.
Classification
  • Coal/clinker
  • Faunal Remain
  • Rim
  • Body
  • Plastic
  • Faunal Remain
  • Flat Glass
  • Bottle Glass
Department Archaeological
Date 18th century - 19th century
Culture
  • Post-Colonial Period
  • American
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston / Fort Independence
Intrasite Structure c; Level 2-3
Additional Geographic Terms Castle Island
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 7.1 × 6.8 × 5.6 cm (2 13/16 × 2 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 210
Label on object 10/52423; 974-24-10/52423

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Earthenware rim sherds, bone, nails, and glass
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Flat Glass
Base
Faunal Remain
Body
Rim
Bottle Glass
Fort Independence
Refined earthenware, redware, metal, glass, animal bone
974-24-10/101728 Refined earthenware, redware, metal, glass, animal bone
Bottle Glass
Rim
Body
Faunal Remain
Unidentified
Flat Glass
Bone, glass, china
974-24-10/52470 Bone, glass, china
Body
Button
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Plate
Rim
Bowl
Fort Independence
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974-24-10/52446 3 plates; 1 large metal ring; bone; copper tubing; glass fragments
Faunal Remain
Fragment
Rim
Flat Glass
Plate
Body
Lid
Jar
Fort Independence
5 glass and fragments, 11 pottery and fragments, charcoal, chipping waste, bone,
970-12-10/50429.2 5 glass and fragments, 11 pottery and fragments, charcoal, chipping waste, bone,
Body
Rim
Bottle Glass
Flat Glass
Chipping debris
Stone
Coal/clinker
Faunal Remain
Handle
Charcoal
Neville
Chipping waste, pottery, glass, quartz, pottery sherds
970-12-10/51172.2 Chipping waste, pottery, glass, quartz, pottery sherds
Flat Glass
Bottle Glass
Coal/clinker
Chipping debris
Body
Rim
Faunal Remain
Neville
Stone chips, glass, pottery, pottery sherds
970-12-10/51170.2 Stone chips, glass, pottery, pottery sherds
Chipping debris
Rim
Bottle Glass
Flat Glass
Coal/clinker
Plastic
Body
Neville
18 quartz chips; 1 bone chip; 52 stone chips; 7 pieces glass; 12 pieces glazed p
970-12-10/51109 18 quartz chips; 1 bone chip; 52 stone chips; 7 pieces glass; 12 pieces glazed p
Coal/clinker
Chipping debris
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Flat Glass
Body
Rim
Neville
Pottery, china, nails
974-24-10/52481 Pottery, china, nails
Body
Plate
Ornament
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Rim
Lid
Fort Independence
Bones, ceramic, oyster shell, glass and nails
974-24-10/52424.2 Bones, ceramic, oyster shell, glass and nails
Rim
Unidentified
Base
Body
Bottle Glass
Flat Glass
Faunal Remain
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
6 pottery, 1 pottery fragment, 5 potsherds with blue glaze, 1 glass, 2 glass fra
970-12-10/50840.2 6 pottery, 1 pottery fragment, 5 potsherds with blue glaze, 1 glass, 2 glass fra
Body
Flat Glass
Base
Chipping debris
Rim
Bottle Glass
Coal/clinker
Neville
Glass, china, and metal fragments
974-24-10/52409.2 Glass, china, and metal fragments
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Rim
Body
Fort Independence