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Object ID: 56579
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-081
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
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Material: metal
Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 2, previously cataloged as a strap
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Small Find ID: 3123
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 3/29/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Width: 1/4 inches
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Buckle
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Fashionability: long pin terminal type used throughout 18th c.
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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: 10/5/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: clothing
Dimensions: at least 0.25 inches
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Context ID: 3911
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-081
Summary: excavation unit FF04, context 81
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Grid North Coord: 795
Grid East Coord: 440
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Remarks: Small to medium sized root activity. Minimal rock and gravel present. Significant amount of green glass found. Feature from neighboring unit comes in on N wall and embodies NE corner.
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Supervisors Notes: Dark feature with charred wood exposed after removal of plow zone. This is a continuation of feature exposed in unit directly to the North.
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Soil Type: 10 YR 4/6 dark yellowish brown sandy silt with sli
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Context Width: 0
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Z Coord: 102.55
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