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Name:
Fired clay fragments (cooking feature / clay oven material)

Description:

Fragments of heat-altered clay from Williams Island (Tennessee River), likely from a clay oven used to encase and cook corn in a mound context.

Accession Number:
2024.1.367

Prior Inventory Number:
719

Collection:

Sub Collection:

Category:
Anthropology

Keywords:
Fired clay fragments

Object Size (LxWxH):
1.5-3" x 1-2.5" x 1-2.5"

Type/Materials:
Clay

Origin Continent:
North America

Origin Country:
United States

Origin State/Province:
Tennessee

Origin City/Town:
Williams Island

Date/Era:
Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)

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