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SHELL-TEMPERED CERAMICS [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
  • Pottery
  • Archaeology
CONT

An upper site consisting of a protohistoric shell midden dating to [15th or 16th] century A.D. It contained few artifacts, among them a few sherds of cord-marked or plain shell-tempered ceramics.

OBS

sherd: A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.

OBS

midden: A prehistoric pile of bones and shells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique (Industries)
  • Poteries
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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