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R-19—Con. 
R-20, Cave 
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Site Object 
Fragments of metal container --_-___- 
Q@valibrass plate.t--eiuiees---- 22. 
Tron wire-keeper.o....se ese e ewe ne 
Cast-iron facing of a knife______-____ 
Sections of harmonicas.-..----------- 
Spoutlike sheet-iron tube_--_-------- 
Piece of hard rubber... -~---+--------- 
Fragments of knife blades_-_------_--- 
Bling ih yl aksee ee bi bl Ue flay 
Tin ferrule-_-_-- 
Shotgun: shells? 6 suv settee Ves 
(front gumiparts:ted sc esse Bias 
Serap iron fragment_----2:--------- 
Fragments of a blade._-.---------.-- 
Sherd of pale-green bottle glass____-_- 
R-20, Cave 
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Small, opaque-white, glass ‘‘seed’’ 
bead. 
White, glass ‘‘seed’’ beads__.--.----_ 
R-34, Jar A_| Fragments of mirror___..------------ 
Parts of knife blade and ferrule_____. 
Silver coin, denomination 4_-_----- 
Scraper of bottle glass. -...-.-.------- 
Dark-blue, opaque, elongated, 
faceted glass beads. 
Ruby-red to dark-maroon, opaque, 
globular, faceted glass beads 
Lavender, opaque, spiral glass bead - 
Red-wine, opaque, 
faceted glass bead. . 
cylindrical, 
Large, opaque-white, glass beads____ 
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Remarks 
Metal? Too small to be diagnostic. 
Possibly escutcheon plate on a box or part of 
horse gear. Six holes. 
Late 19th or early 20th century. 
Designed to resemble stag-horn. 
century. 
Reeds are secured by finely made small 
screws, representing developed workman- 
ship, but not stamped or riveted mass 
production of recent times. Probably from 
the last half of the 19th century or early 
20th century. 
Recent. 
Fashion of manufacture suggests a date of 
te 1840, probably not later than early 
1007s. 
Probably the ferrule on a chisel or similar 
tool. 
Probably later than 1860. 
Late 19th 
Back of a comb. 
Not diagnostic. 
Apparently chipped for use in flint-lock gun. 
From cane or swagger stick. 
Brass cartridges with replaceable primer 
caps; both marked ‘‘Joyee Ltd. London, 
Ejector;’’ One a ‘‘No. 12’? and other ‘‘ No. 
16.”’> Manufactured from late 1870’s to 1906. 
From cheap trade guns. Possibly trigger 
guard fragments. 
Shows evidence of having been cut. 
Probably a sword. 
Appears to be from a blown-glass vessel. 
Circular beads apparently cut from a tube 
4.5-5.0 mm, in diameter; length varies from 
3-4 mm. 
Cireular with flat ends; diameter 3 mm., 
thickness 2 mm. 
Similar to those from R-1 and R-20, Cave 2. 
Silver reduced to traces. 
Not diagnostic. 
“Colonies of Essequebo Demarary Token 
1209”’ (reverse); ‘‘ Georgius ... I Dei Gratia’”’ 
(obverse). Perforation at upper edge for 
suspension, probably on necklace. Well 
worn. 
1 edge of a chip of pale-green bottle glass, 
pressure chipped from both sides to form a 
scraper. Length 2.2 mm.; width 1.3 mm.; 
thickness 3 mm. 
1.8-2.0 cm. long; 6-7 mm. diameter at center; 
3-5 mm. diameter at ends. Faceted sur- 
faces ground. Beads were cut, or snapped 
off from a longer tube, then ends ground 
down slightly. Surface covered with 3 
rows of 7 diamond-shaped facets, plus 2 
rows of 7 isosceles triangle facets near the 
ns Diameter of hole 1 or 2 mm. (fig. 
124, a). 
Globular bead ground with many irregularly 
shaped facets ranging from 3-6 sided. Ends 
also ground slightly. 3 with maximum 
diameter of 6 mm.; 4 with maximum diam- 
eter of 5 mm.; length 4 mm, and 6 mm. 
Diameter of hole tapers from 1 mm. at one 
end to 2mm. at the opposite end (fig. 124, 
c). : 
Spiral or ‘‘snail’”? made in mold, with rough 
edges where the mold joined. Spiral be- 
gins at the hole and expands in height and 
width to the maximum diameter of the 
bead. Maximum diameter 9 mm.; 
thickness 5 mm.; diameter of hole 2 mm. 
(fig. 124, 6). 
Cylindrical bead with irregular facets ground 
lengthwise. Length 4.0 mm., diameter 
ads mm. Hole 2 mm. in diameter (fig. 
124, d). 
