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Object ID: 27927
Site Name: Posey
Context Number: 18CH281-051
Count: 1
Object Type: projectile point
Object SubType: Orient fishtail
Material: stone
Material Subtype: quartzite
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Remarks: weakly shouldered, base snapped--probable Orient Fishtail, Late Archaic--previously cataloged as "lanceolate form" (which is incorrect)
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Small Find ID: 1486
No of Objects: 1
Location: MAC
Conserved: No
Record Date: 12/11/2013
Recorder: Strickland
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Width: 19.31 mm
Height: 39.46 mm
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Subcategory: Projectile Point
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Remarks: quartzite projectile point with broken base. Possibly a fishtail stem. Not lanceolate as previously cataloged.
Disputed: previously cataloged as lanceolate.
Verified: 12/13/2014
Verified By: Rimer
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Point Type: Fishtail?
Period: Late Archaic /Early Woodland?
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Context ID: 3028
Site Name: Posey
Context Number: 18CH281-051
Summary: lot 51, unit 22610, level A
Short Title: PLOWZONE
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Center X: 419.25
Center Y: 380.75
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Horizontal Location: N380.0-381.5, E418.5-420.0
Excavation Unit: 22610
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Stratigraphic Level: A
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Area: Central Knoll
Unit Size: 1.5X1.5m
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Remarks: Center Top: 9.149 m; Center Bottom: 8.969 m
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Munsell Color: Dark brown (10YR3/3) to dark yellowish brown (10YR
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Excavated By: JPPM
Excavated Date: 1996

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