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Object ID: 43710
Site Name: Harmony Hall
Context Number: 18PR305-37042201
Count: 1
Object Type: button
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Material: faunal
Material Subtype: bone
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Technology: carved/drilled
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Remarks: sew-through button
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3875
No of Objects: 1
Location: NPS
Conserved: No
Record Date: 4/16/2014
Recorder: Strickland
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Diameter: 11.57 mm
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Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Button
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Remarks: 1 cut/carved bone button, 1-piece, 4-hole, round
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Verified: 12/1/2014
Verified By: Mansius
Record Last Update: 12/1/2014
Button Type: 1-piece
Shape: round
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Completeness: incomplete
Decoration: none
Diameter: 11.57mm
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Context ID: 4286
Site Name: Harmony Hall
Context Number: 18PR305-37042201
Summary: unit 37, stratum 4, feature 22, stratum 1
Short Title: refuse pit
Deposit Type: feature
Deposit SubType: pit, trash
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Excavation Unit: 37
Feature Number: 22
Stratigraphic Level: 1
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Temporal Period: MCD 1724 (Potter & Sonderman 1989: 41)
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Remarks: thermally altered soil
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Supervisors Notes: likely a refuse pit dating to 1st quarter of 18th century, predating brick clamp, sediment was indicates the pit filled in quickly after it was dug
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