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Object ID: 65819
Site Name: Newman's Neck
Context Number: 44NB180-61BSE
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
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Material Subtype: copper alloy
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Weight in G: 5.9
Remarks: double-framed, d-shaped--no pin--probable shoe buckle--Shoe buckles from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries are small usually less than 45 mm long" (White 2005:40)--39mm long by 27mm wide"
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Original Lot: 101217
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Small Find ID: 1197
No of Objects: 1
Location: VDHR
Conserved: No
Record Date: 1/31/2014
Recorder: Rimer
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Remarks: see No. 440 in Whitehead 2003 (p. 70) for similar example dating 1600-1720, with rounded ends and trefoil sides. These types of D-shaped buckles are also called "spectacle" type buckles.
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Buckle Type: shoe
Dimensions: 39 x 27 mm
Shape: D-shape
Technology: cast
Frame Type: double
Hook Type: none
Pin Terminal: Type 4
Pin Orientation: short axis
Pin Center Measurement: 2.5 cm
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Context ID: 9452
Site Name: Newman's Neck
Context Number: 44NB180-61BSE
Summary: Feature 61B
Short Title: ROOT CELLAR/STORAGE PIT
Deposit Type: feature
Deposit SubType: root cellar
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Remarks: Poorly defned portions north, east border - possibly due to machine work.
Excavators Notes: trash pit - may have originally been root cellar not as yet associated w/ large structure interior - trash pit has showl mark SW side - walls not straight for root cellar - may be due to balling[?] however; feature in place after 1725; Trench 2; The SW qu
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Context Later: [Above] __[Below]61A
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TPQ: 1675
Plan Shape: 7.0 wide
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Soil Type: increased mottling of tan, increased charcoal; [si
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Excavated By: TS, AM
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