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Object ID: 28965
Site Name: Posey
Context Number: 18CH281-064
Count: 1
Object Type: sherd
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Material: ceramic
Material Subtype: earthenware
Ware Type: Buckley
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Glaze: black lead-glazed
Paste: red
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Remarks: paste is reddish with yellow streaks and casts, sherd from a shallow pan or plate
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Context ID: 3041
Site Name: Posey
Context Number: 18CH281-064
Summary: lot 64, unit 27887, level A
Short Title: TOPSOIL
Deposit Type: layer
Deposit SubType: topsoil
Context Description: REDEPOSITED TOPSOIL
Center X: 396.75
Center Y: 422.75
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Horizontal Location: N422.0-423.5, E396.0-397.5
Excavation Unit: 27887
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Stratigraphic Level: A
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Area: Site Core
Unit Size: 1.5X1.5m
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Remarks: Center Top: 10.199 m; Center Bottom: 10.004 m
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Munsell Color: Dark brown (10YR3/3) loamy sand mottled with 5-10%
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Excavated By: JPPM
Excavated Date: 1996

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