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Object Number
10-61-00/2.9
Display Title
Stratification of sand and clay deposits, looking southwest
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph (verso): "No 1 Aug. 31st 1910. / Exploration in the Delaware Valley / under the direction of Prof. F.W. / Putnam for Peabody Museum of / Archaeology & Ethnology Cambridge / Mass. by Ernest Volk. / View looking S.W. showing stratification of sand / and clay reaching up to the surface in a / regular arch. This is reaching for a distance / of 200 feet when to the NE peculiar heavy clay / deposits (irregular) are shown up with / several ice pits."
Department
Photographic
Date
August 31, 1910
Artist
Ernest W. Volk
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Eastern North American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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New Jersey
Additional Geographic Terms
Delaware Valley
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, F. W. Putnam, Director, 1910
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