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A Territorial Period Site in Dubuque

Michael J. Perry

Part II: Test Excavations and Interpretations

Distribution of artifacts by excavation level in test units at 13DB496.


Key
  Personal Class Artifacts (B)
  Kitchen Class Artifacts (R)
  Architectural Class Artifacts (W)
  Metal & Other Artiact Type (BL)

Overburden,
0 - 20 cm
Burned/Weathered Glass (BL) 4
Miscellaneous Metal (BL) 105>
Coal/Cinders (BL) 370
Lead Materials (BL) 19
Iron Hardware (BL) 9
Asbestos Tile (W) 2
Wire Nails (W) 7
Cut Nails (W) 97
Plaster (W) 17
Mortar (W) 40
Wood & Charcoal (W) 61
Brick Fragments (W) 562
Flat Glass (W) 93
Pipe Fragments (B) 5
Personal/Ornamental Metal (B) 4
Plastic Materials (B)/td> 6
Slate Fragments (B) 4
Faunal Materials (R) 222
Bottle Glass (R) 81
Ceramics (R) 315

Feature 1
(Excluding Low
Density Fractions)
Lead Materials (BL) 15
Plaster (W) 4
Mortar (W) 6
Brick Fragments (W) 3
Flat Glass (W) 8
Faunal Materials (B) 1
Bottle Glass (R) 3
Ceramics (R) 10

Buried Soil,
20 - 30 cm
Burned/Weathered Glass (BL) 5
Miscellaneous Metal (BL) 6
Lead Materials (BL) 1
Cut Nails (W) 13
Mortar (W) 12
Wood & Charcoal (W) 6
Brick Fragment (W) 76
Flat Glass (W) 18
Personal/Ornamental Metal (B) 2
>Faunal Materials (R) 11
Bottle Glass (R) 9
Cermaics (R) 91
 
Buried Soil,
30 - 40 cm
Miscellaneous Metal (BL) 1
Coal/Cinders (BL) 1
Iron Hardware (BL) 1
Cut Nails (W) 3
Wood & Charcoal (W) 2
Brick Fragments (W) 6
Flat Glass (W) 2
Faunal Materials (B) 2
Bottle Glass (R) 1
Ceramics (R) 15

Buried Soil,
40 - 60 cm
Miscellaneous Metal (BL) 1
Coal/Cinders (BL) 1
Cut Nails (W) 1
Brick Fragments (W) 3

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