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General Object Type Tools and Equipment
Object Title Fork (flatware)
Quantity 1
Primary Unit Identifier 317.179.10
Materials (1) iron (metal)
Descriptor (1) fork (flatware)
HPU Number 0 N / 80 W south five feet
Horizontal Coordinate (N-S) N0
Horizontal Coordinate (E-W) W80
Description (1) iron fork with 3 tines. Handles has indented panels on front and back 7.5 long"
Description Type (1) Catalog
Description (2) This iron fork has three tines. The handle has indented panels on both the back and the front. The fork is 7.5" long. It was found in 1971 during excavation of the stone barracks (also known as the short barracks) at Historic Fort Snelling.
Description Type (2) Internet
Description Date (2) 2014-09-04
Permanent Location 668.Archaeology
Insertion Date 2014-07-09
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Vertical Context Description 5 to
VPU Start 5.0
VPU Note Vertical provenance (depth) noted in feet (Imperial/US unit of length) from the ground surface. The data contributor noted that converting these measurements to metric units may confuse interpretation of excavation notes and object descriptions.
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Web Mercator Meters (X) -10372891.085
Web Mercator Meters (Y) 5604712.5451
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Nancy Hoffman info
Vocabulary: Historic Fort Snelling
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Nancy Hoffman. (2016) "11211627 from Americas/United States/Minnesota/Fort Snelling/Fort Snelling Short Barracks/0 N :: 80 W south five feet". In Historic Fort Snelling. Nancy Hoffman (Ed). Released: 2016-06-23. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/34f17ec8-d3b9-4afd-99b4-ec1ff0d8d80f> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2xs64g9g

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