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Object ID: 49936
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-072
Count: 1
Object Type: buckle
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Material: metal
Material Subtype: lead alloy
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Remarks: FF Artifact # 60
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SMALL FINDS RECORD
Small Find ID: 2998
No of Objects: 1
Location: Ferry Farm
Conserved: Yes
Record Date: 2/2/2004
Recorder: Dodd
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Length: 3/4 inches
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Morphology: cast
Category: Clothing
Subcategory: Buckle
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Fashionability: 1700-1777
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Remarks: has the typical terminal for placement of the spindle seen throughout the 18th century. Pewter buckles worn by those individuals just above the bottom rung of society (Ivor Noel Hume). Linear decoration like this was fashionable in the second half of th
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Verified: 10/5/2012
Verified By: Galke
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Buckle Type: clothing
Dimensions: 0.75 inches x 0.25 inches
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Technology: cast
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Context ID: 3810
Site Name: Maurice Clark
Context Number: 44ST174-02-072
Summary: excavation unit FF02, context 72
Short Title: plowzone
Deposit Type: plowzone
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Remarks: uniform plowzone with high frequency of artifacts throughout. No feature
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