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Object Number
974-24-10/52469.2
Display Title
Bone and nails
Descriptions
Inventory Description
15 animal bones including teeth, 1 piece stoneware, 3 sections of partial earthenware pearlware plates, 23 pieces flat glass, 2 pieces bottle glass, 9 pieces of white refined earthenware
Classification
- Body
- Flat Glass
- Faunal Remain
- Rim
- Plate
Department
Archaeological
Date
18th century - 19th century
Culture
- American
- Historic Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Suffolk County
/
Boston
/
Fort Independence
Intrasite
Structure A N 40 W55, Level 2-3 N40w55-60, n45w60,n55w60, n40w65, n45w55
Additional Geographic Terms
Castle Island
Materials
Bone , Glass , Earthenware , Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 21.5 × 10.1 × 0.5 cm (8 7/16 × 4 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
53
Label on object
974-24-10/52469, 10/52469, N40 W55, N55 W60, N45 W60, N50 W60, cow, N40 W60
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 970-12-10/50425 | 27 pieces corroded metal, mostly nails; 22 pcs glass; 19 pcs glazed pottery; 8 u |
Body
Flat Glass Faunal Remain Chipping debris Stone Coal/clinker Rim Brick Bottle Glass Pipe Nail Unidentified |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50400.1 | Chipping waste, quartz, bone, flower potsherd, glass, charcoal, wood, pottery, p |
Ash
Coal/clinker Faunal Remain Mortar Marble Faunal Remain Body Base Charcoal Bottle Glass Rim Flat Glass Nail Unidentified Chipping debris Stone |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50402.2 | Pottery sherds (1 rim sherd 50902?), 7 glass and fragments, 15 pottery and fragm |
Coal/clinker
Faunal Remain Unidentified Ash Body Chipping debris Stone Rim Bottle Glass Flat Glass Pipe stem |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50427 | 17 pieces rusty metal, mostly nails; 13 pieces quartz; 2 pieces charcoal; 20 pie |
Bottle Glass
Body Faunal Remain Charcoal Chipping debris Pipe Flat Glass Button Rim |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50398 | 2 pieces bone (?); 4 pieces glazed pottery; 6 stone chips; 14 pieces glass; butt |
Button
Body Unidentified Faunal Remain Bottle Glass Stone Chipping debris Flat Glass Coal/clinker Slag |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50378.1 | 2 glass, 4 pottery, 1 pottery fragment, 4 pottery sherds with blue glaze, 1 meta |
Coal/clinker
Stone Chipping debris Body Flat Glass |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50700.1 | Miscellaneous, pipe stem fragment, edge tool fragment, pottery sherds |
Coal/clinker
Chipping debris Faunal Remain Bottle Glass Flat Glass Sherd |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50506.2 | 20 bone; 7 pottery; 13 glass; 13 chipping waste; 5 coal; biface fragment - perfo |
Faunal Remain
Coal/clinker Chipping debris Body Base Rim Flat Glass Bottle Glass Unidentified |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/51174.1 | 23 pottery, 2 pottery fragments, 7 glass, 3 potsherds with blue glaze, 1 pipe st |
Chipping debris
Body Slate Pipe bowl Flat Glass Coal/clinker Rim Bottle Glass Faunal Remain |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50605.1 | Chipping waste, charcoal, metal, glass, bone, pottery, pottery sherds |
Body
Rim Bottle Glass Chipping debris Biface Flat Glass Faunal Remain |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50674.2 | Quartz, chipping waste, pottery, glass, charcoal? |
Sherd
Bottle Glass Flat Glass Chipping debris Coal/clinker |
Neville
| |
| 970-12-10/50377.1 | Pottery sherds, chipping waste, pottery, glass |
Ash
Bottle Glass Stone Unidentified Flat Glass Chipping debris Rim Body Coal/clinker Faunal Remain Pitcher |
Neville
|