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Object ID: 49048
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-040
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
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Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 51
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 2976
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 1/8/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Width: 1/8 inches
Height: 1/16 inches
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Buckle
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Fashionability: c. 1725-1750 (Outlaw, p.c. 2011)
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Remarks: Merry Abbitt Outlaw, after viewing this specimen (June 2011) indicated that this was "…definitely from a tiny foot." Cunnington and Cunnington indicate that shoe buckles were uncommon after 1793 (1964:228), The Victoria and Albert Museum indicate they wer
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Verified: 10/5/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: clothing
Dimensions: 1.68 inches
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Technology: cast
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Context ID: 3778
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-040
Summary: excavation unit FF02, context 40
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Grid North Coord: 800
Grid East Coord: 405
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Remarks: see paper notes
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Supervisors Notes: plowzone sealed structural posthole and mold
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Soil Type: DARK BROWN SANDY LOAM WITH MOTTLINGS OF ORANGE
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