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Frog pendant

Frog pendant

Adornment/Jewelry
AD 900-1600
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Seed jar

Seed jar

Containers and Vessels
AD 1400-1600
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Drill

Drill

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American colonial instrumental music [sound recording]

American colonial instrumental music [sound recording]

Phonograph records Music
1965 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1600-1780
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Offering plate

Offering plate

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Vessel fragment/Potsherd

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Male figure

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The beginnings of New England : or, The Puritan theocracy in its relations to civil and religious liberty / John Fiske

The beginnings of New England : or, The Puritan theocracy in its relations to civil and religious liberty / John Fiske

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1900 1900, c1889 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Website Records, 2015

Website Records, 2015

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2015 Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
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Vessel fragment/Potsherd

Vessel fragment/Potsherd

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Flaker/percussion tool

Flaker/percussion tool

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Bifacial tool/projectile point

Bifacial tool/projectile point

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Bifacial tool/projectile point

Bifacial tool/projectile point

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Bead/beads

Bead/beads

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The fathers of New England; a chronicle of the Puritan commonwealths, by Charles M. Andrews

The fathers of New England; a chronicle of the Puritan commonwealths, by Charles M. Andrews

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1919 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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