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Object ID: 49493
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-058
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
Object SubType: stock
Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 37, previously cataloged as an ornament
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Small Find ID: 2990
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 8/10/2009
Recorder: Galke
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Length: 1/2 inches
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Buckle
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Fashionability: 1730-1770s (Cunnington & Cunnington 1964:75)
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Remarks: tongue fragment. Both material and light-weight construction indicate that it was part of a stock buckle, worn by men. Previously identified as a shoe buckle chape.
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Verified: 10/5/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: stock
Dimensions: 0.5 inches
Shape: rectangle
Technology: cast
Frame Type: double
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Tongue: incomplete
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Context ID: 3796
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-058
Summary: excavation unit FF02, context 58
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Grid North Coord: 790
Grid East Coord: 430
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Remarks: high artifact count. Small feature showed up under plowzone -possible post mold
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Soil Type: strong brown sandy loam
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