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Object ID: 56697
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-083
Count: 1
Object Type: nail
Object SubType: wrought
Material: metal
Material Subtype: iron
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 2
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 3127
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 6/30/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Category: Architecture
Subcategory: Nail
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Fashionability: 1600-1815
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Remarks: could also have been used for trim.
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Verified By: Galke
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Context ID: 3913
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-04-083
Summary: excavation unit FF04, context 83
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Grid North Coord: 815
Grid East Coord: 440
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Remarks: Unit contained metal rod (modern; grounding?). Large circular feature by rod - heavy gravel. Concentration of pipe stems, ceramics and bone. Pipistems likely attritubale to adjacent feature. Unit left higher than grade pending investigation.
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Supervisors Notes: Modern feature and grounding rod cuts plowzone. Gave way to unit-wide feature, although subsoil appears in a small area along N. wall.
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Soil Type: 10 YR 3/4 dark yellowish brown sandy silt
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Z Coord: 101.55
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