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Object ID: 50453
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-087
Count: 1
Object Type: knife
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Material: metal
Material Subtype: iron alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 54
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3015
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 2/13/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Length: 3 1/2 inches
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Category: Utensil
Subcategory: Knife
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Post Mod: sharpened
Remarks: composite table knife, only iron alloy portion survived. Handle would have been made from ivory/bone/wood/antler (not preserved). The large bolster suggests an English origin (Dunning 2000:32-33).
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Verified: 4/1/2013
Verified By: Galke
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Context ID: 3825
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-087
Summary: excavation unit FF02, context 87
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Grid North Coord: 800
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Remarks: uniform plowzone layer with lots of artifacts no features below plowzone
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Supervisors Notes: last unit excavated in 2002
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Soil Type: yellowish brown sandy silt
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