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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.