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Object Number 974-24-10/52424.2
Display Title Bones, ceramic, oyster shell, glass and nails
Descriptions
Inventory Description 8 flat glass fragments, 2 bottle glass fragments, 3 animal bone fragments, 1 shell, 2 ferrous metal fragments, and 10 white refined earthenware body, base, and rim sherds including blue transfer print decoration, green shell-edge, and undecorated.
Classification
  • Body
  • Faunal Remain
  • Faunal Remain
  • Rim
  • Unidentified
  • Bottle Glass
  • Flat Glass
  • Base
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Colonial Period
  • Historic Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston / Fort Independence
Intrasite N60 W25; Structure c; Level 2
Additional Geographic Terms Castle Island
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 5.8 × 4.6 × 0.4 cm (2 5/16 × 1 13/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 26
Label on object 10/52424; 974-24-10/52424

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Earthenware rim sherds, bone, nails, and glass
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Base
Faunal Remain
Body
Rim
Bottle Glass
Fort Independence
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Body
Plate
Ornament
Bottle Glass
Faunal Remain
Rim
Lid
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Nail
Bottle Glass
Rim
Brick
Pipe
Chipping debris
Coal/clinker
Stone
Faunal Remain
Body
Flat Glass
Neville
Bone, nails, glass fragments china fragments
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Button
Rim
Bottle Glass
Cylinder
Faunal Remain
Body
Base
Fort Independence
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Sherd
Brick
Stone
Fragment
Fragment
Nail
Coal/clinker
Harvard Yard
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Textile fragment
Rim
Fragment
Cork
Tumbler
Body
Base
Flat Glass
Unidentified
Nail
Faunal Remain
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
Glass, china, and nails
974-24-10/52415.2 Glass, china, and nails
Flat Glass
Rim
Body
Bottle Glass
Fort Independence
Image Not Available for Bones, ceramic, oyster shell, glass and nails
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Fort Independence
Bottle base, bone, shell, nails
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Flat Glass
Faunal Remain
Flat Glass
Faunal Remain
Handle
Bottle
Fort Independence
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Body
Flat Glass
Green bottle glass
Pin
Faunal Remain
Worked Wood
Faunal Remain
Fort Independence
Nails, bone, and glass
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Faunal Remain
Bottle Glass
Flat Glass
Fort Independence