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Picture of Fred and Thera Luce excavating a shell heap in Welfleet, Massachusetts, July, 1916.

Thera's handwriting is on the back describing the location. "Mortars", or "corn mills", were used to grind wild grain, as well as maize or corn. There were a number of "mortars" on the Buttonwoods property, and most were found in the Haverhill area.…

Origin unknown.

Fragment of Nodular Flint from Groveland, part of the Day-Philbrick Collection. Flint was a valuable resource for tool-making.

Map of Ward-Hill area. Fred Luce drew many maps of areas and sites where he collected.

Number 1864 is a leaf shaped knife discovered in Flint Ridge, Ohio. Part of the Chester Brown Collection at the Buttonwoods, the presence of such an object in the collection demonstrates the diversity in provenance within the collection.

Frederick Alanson Luce Exhibit Frederick Alanson Luce (Fred Luce) was an early avocational archaeologist active in the early 20th century. Unlike many avocational archaeologists who simply went out collecting Native American artifacts from plowed…