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Archaeological artifact, Port Royal (Jamaica) - 1968

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Date made: 1968-02-
Materials: 35mm film; cardboard
Site location: Jamaica
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Close-up of makers' marks on the edge of a pewter (?) dish, retrieved during archaeological investigations at the 17th century town of Port Royal, Jamaica. (CC)


HEE-SC-01564

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