Accession No
Z 40232.20-22
Description
Three flakes of quartzite, possibly worked.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Massachusetts; Cape Cod
Period
?Archaic
Source
Salisbury Museum [donor]; Smithsonian Institute [collector]; Fish, W. C. [?collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 40232.20-22; 10356 [Smithsonian no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Quartz
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
All marked '10356' and 'C. Cod'
One additionally marked 'W.C. Fish'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 40232[.1-22]: 'Group of 22 quartz points and implements.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Found: Surface finds
Event Date 5/1/1993
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Three flakes of quartzite, possibly worked.
Event Date 9/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Z 40232 and Z 40233 were found together in a cardboard box with a handwritten note: 'U.S.A. Surface finds ex. Salisbury Museum (from Smithsonian) / 10511. Mississippi / 10485. L.I. (? Long Island) / 10355, 6. C. Cod'
Event Date 9/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326599
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