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Watercolors by Fred Luce showing two fire pits at the Spofford site. Fred Luce attended art school as a young man, these watercolors of a fire pit he excavated show his skill. He often drew artifacts, either from the collection of the Haverhill…

Number 2449 is an ulu shaped stone artifact and was discovered by Fred A. Luce in August of 1890 at the Lake Kenoza Pumping Station (Essex County Site #: 12-ES-25).

Stone Bead found at the Jewett site. Very small and carefully made.

Two steatite (soapstone) fragments from the Parker Collection at Groveland Camps. Steatite, or soapstone, was carved into bowls or other objects.
4320 is from the Day-Philbrick Collection. Location Unknown.

Two large "spears" from a "cache" of five at Shattuck Farm in Andover.

Number 2400 was found in September of 1912 by workmen doing construction at Winnekenni Park in Haverhill, MA (Essex County Site #: 19-ES-27). Object does show signs of use, and was found in the same area as Number 2399.

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…

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…

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…

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.