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Object ID: 54753
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-005
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
Object SubType: shoe
Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 1
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3027
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 7/6/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Buckle
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Fashionability: fashionable from 1700-1815
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Remarks: Cunnington and Cunnington indicate that shoe buckles were uncommon after 1793 (1964:228), The Victoria and Albert Museum indicate they were "falling out of use" after 1790, and Abbitt (1973:30) indicates that few shoe buckles are found in American context
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Verified: 12/18/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: shoe
Dimensions: fragment at least 1.10 inches
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Context ID: 3839
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-005
Summary: excavation unit FF04, context 5
Short Title: posthole
Deposit Type: feature
Deposit SubType: posthole
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Grid North Coord: 790
Grid East Coord: 410
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Remarks: Gravel present throughout. Has insect (ants) disturbance in post mold. Gravel smaller and more prevalent in W side. E side has much larger rocks and fewer. Soil change from mottled brown w/ clay to yellowish sand at bottom. (more notes in Record)
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Supervisors Notes: Hole bisected E-W w/ N half excavated first. Portion excavated by field school students. See associated plans and profiles.
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Plan Shape: Rectangular - see cut notes
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Soil Type: 10 YR 4/6 dark yellowish brown sandy silt (loam) m
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Z Coord: 100.97
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