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Lab number
Beta-16516
Material dated
Charcoal
Type of date
Archaeological
Locality
Norfolk, Randolph
Submitter
C. Hoffman
Date uploaded
January 17, 2024
Updater
Wyoming Team
Date updated
December 31, 2020
Measured Age
3020 ± 90
Significance
Late Archaic; Archaïque supérieur
Context
Feature, hearth with Neville and Small Triangle points
Comments
Excavated in the 1950s by South Shore MAS members - their collections include up to 300 complete Neville points and/or basal sections, 2 grooved axes, 1 winged atl-atl weight. One of the major Neville Complex manifestations known in Mass. Article discusses excavation of 10 fireplaces or hearths constructed of fire-cracked rock and containing charcoal, 2 firepits, 3 disturbed areas or pits, 2 paved areas, scrapers, drills, stemmed knives, hammerstones, grooveless axes, hand axes, grooved sinker, cores, flakes, and on surface of striiped area a copper or brass point was recovered.

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