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Object ID: 50285
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-080
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
Object SubType: shoe
Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 61
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3008
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: No
Record Date: 8/4/2011
Recorder: Galke
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Length: 7/8 inches
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Buckle
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Fashionability: c. 1575-1700; Late 17th c (Bailey 1995:6)
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Remarks: strap width 0.374". Gordon Bailey suggests that this form likely represents a spur buckle (1995:6-8; also Whitehead 2003:89), which were used by men. The inside edge of the rounded loop has a slight swelling and incised horizontal lines. Sara Rivers-Co
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Verified: 3/26/2013
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: shoe
Dimensions: 0.87 inches x 0.65 inches
Shape: rectangle
Technology: cast
Frame Type: double
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Pin Terminal: Type 4
Pin Orientation: long axis
Pin Center Measurement: 0.38 inches
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Context ID: 3818
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-080
Summary: excavation unit FF02, context 80
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Grid North Coord: 805
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Remarks: uniform plowzone water worn pebbles high concentration of ceramics
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