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Object ID: 57621
Site Name: Heater's Island
Context Number: 18FR72-61
Count: 1
Object Type: projectile point
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Material: stone
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Remarks: catalogued simply as "1 arrowhead"
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Small Find ID: 3822
No of Objects: 1
Location: MHT
Conserved: No
Record Date: 4/9/2014
Recorder: Rimer
Color1: white
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Length: 19.10 mm
Width: 19.01 mm
Height: 5.59 mm
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Remarks: 1 white quartz projectile point. Isosceles triangle shape, no stem. Missing tip and part of one base vertex. 5.59mm thick. Potomac type.
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Verified: 11/26/2014
Verified By: Mansius
Record Last Update: 11/26/2014
Point Type: Potomac
Period: Late Woodland
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Context ID: 4117
Site Name: Heater's Island
Context Number: 18FR72-61
Summary: lab number 61, unit 0N 25W
Short Title: test unit
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Context Description: test unit
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Screen Type: 1/4 inch
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Remarks: concentration of charcoal may be a hearth, no rocks (near center of square) burnt area on east wall; line of dark colored soil parallel to west wall; 5 postmolds
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