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Object ID: 54159
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-039
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
Object SubType: shoe
Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 24
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3063
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 7/6/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
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Fashionability: fashionable from 1700-1815
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Remarks: same decoration as SFR# 363. Possible mend with SFR# 363. Cunnington and Cunnington indicate that shoe buckles were uncommon after 1793 (1964:228), The Victoria and Albert Museum indicate shoe buckles were "falling out of use" after 1790, and Abbitt (1
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Verified: 10/5/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: shoe
Dimensions: fragment at least 0.71 inches
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Context ID: 3869
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-039
Summary: excavation unit FF04, context 39
Short Title: plowzone
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Remarks: Several water cobbles removed. Two subsurface features; (1) STP along N. wall; (2) red inclusions with charred wood and brick, extends along eastern wall and continues directly into unit to the east.
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Supervisors Notes: Small feature in unit likely associated with small feature found below 00030.
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Soil Type: 10 YR 4/4 dark yellowish brown sandy silt
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Z Coord: 102.53
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