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Object Number
980-3-10/107537
Display Title
Pig rib fragment, with butchery marks; from mature individual
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pig rib fragment, right proximal mid-section, mature individual, knife butchery marks, all fragments mend
Classification
- Faunal Remain
Department
Archaeological
Date
mid 17th-18th Century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Massachusetts
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Middlesex County
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Cambridge
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Harvard Yard
/
Wadsworth Gate
Intrasite
Wadsworth Gate, unit 15, northern balk, east half, feature 0, 5-10cm
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall (Measurements of largest): 12.3 × 1.8 × 1 cm (4 13/16 × 11/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
92W.15N.0.2
Provenance
Collector
Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Harvard University
(1979)
Owner
Harvard University
(1980)
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