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

Origin unknown.

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.…

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

Plano Points are found in Archaic sites, 9,000 to 3,000 BP. This is an unusual artifact in the collection, found on the shore of the Merrimack River in West Newbury. Have not found anything like it.

204 is from the Parker Collection, 1595 is from Shattuck Farm, third unknown. These are plummets. The collection includes a number of plummets of all sizes, used to weigh down fishing nets. We can guess that fishing was an important food source given…

Discovered in August of 1913, number 2399 was found by workmen while doing construction at Winnekennie Park in Haverhill, MA (Essex County Site #: 19-ES-27). Measuring at 12.5 in long, 2 3/8 in wide, 1.5 in thick, the polishing stone shows slightly…

Ceramics from Pentucket Lake Site. 150 sherds in all, each numbered 1901. Probably from the same area, maybe from the same vessel. These are undecorated.
There are many ceramic sherds in the collection, most very small. Pot sherds provide…