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Object ID: 43748
Site Name: Harmony Hall
Context Number: 18PR305-330422A03
Count: 1
Object Type: button
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Material: metal
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Technology: cast
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Color: gray/cream/white metal
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3874
No of Objects: 1
Location: NPS
Conserved: No
Record Date: 4/16/2014
Recorder: Strickland
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Diameter: 16.52 mm
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Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Button
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Remarks: 1 round pewter button, plain, flat disk, cast-eye,1 type shankk, 1 piece. Most of shank is misisng
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Verified: 12/1/2014
Verified By: Mansius
Record Last Update: 12/1/2014
Button Type: 1-piece
Shape: round
Shank Type: cast eye
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Completeness: most of shank missing
Decoration: none
Diameter: 16.52 mm
Makers Mark: none
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Context ID: 4302
Site Name: Harmony Hall
Context Number: 18PR305-330422A03
Summary: unit 33, stratum 4, feature 22A, stratum 3
Short Title: refuse pit
Deposit Type: feature
Deposit SubType: pit, trash
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Excavation Unit: 33
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Stratigraphic Level: 3
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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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