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Object ID: 56223
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-075
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
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Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 2
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Small Find ID: 3119
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: popular between 1700-1815 in North America
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Remarks: same decoration as SFR# 364. Possible mend with SFR# 364. Frame fragment. 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 A
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Verified: 10/5/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Context ID: 3905
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-075
Summary: excavation unit FF04, context 75
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Remarks: Excavated to cobblestone layer w/ numerous small stones near finish of unit. Moderate root activity. Good concentration of nails throughout.
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Supervisors Notes: Uniform plow zone layer. Brick in higher frequency noted . Likely caught edge of linear feature on W. side of unit & FF-04, but not defined.
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Soil Type: 10 YR 3/4 dark yellowish brown sandy silty mix
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Z Coord: 102.64
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