AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a distal portion of a billiards cue - it appears snapped off to 12 1/2 inches in length. There is no tip. One terminal fragment of a game cue with brass and leather tip. Several cracks, especially near the tip-end. Object warped along length giving a slightly bowed appearance. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a cylindrical piece of wood 10 1/2 inches in length and 1 inch in diameter. One modified wooden stick, shaped into a slightly irregular cylinder. Shallow splits perpendicular to length. Some orange and black discoloration approximately 4" from smaller end. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is the distal portion of a billiards cue - sawed off to 15 7/8 inches in length. The cue is complete with a brass and leather tip. One wood cue fragment. Tapers smoothly from .75" diameter to .5". Smaller end shows the former presence of a fitting. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a heavy duty steel lid with a handle on the top. It appears more industrial than domestic. It is approximately 5 3/4 inches in diameter and 1 1/2 inches tall from the base to the handle attachment. One heavy steel lid with handle. Object is bent from original cylindrical shape. Heavily corroded on interior and exterior. Accretions of sand and gravel on interior and exterior. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a graphite stick 3 3/4 inches in length and 3/8 inches sin diameter. The Maker's Mark, PLANIA, was incised into the product. Very limited information was available regarding this company. It was bought be Siemens in 1953. One graphite cylinder. Maker's Mark: PLANIA ****** (repeated) This was probably made by the Plania company before their takeover by Siemens. Grey and orange discolorations on exterior. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a severely mangled and corroded shoe polish can. It is 3 1/2 inches in diameter and approximately 3/4 inches tall. There are no visible markings or labels on it. Two steel fragments that are the base and lid of one container. Remnants of white paint on exterior. Both pieces have been bent, causing seam splits and misshaping. Both fragments are corroded. Holes in both fragments, especially around rim bases, result of corrosion. Clay and sand accretions on exterior surfaces. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (max): 1920 Comments: This is the heel and sole of a women's boot. The heel consists of 11 strips of leather cobbled with square headed nails. The sole is also leather and stitched on. Several eyelets are still attached indicating this was made after 1874. Three fragments of one heeled boot. Largest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1a, middle fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1b and smallest fragment labeled 45KI765/P27-1c. Size and shape indicate a woman's shoe. The sole is leather, the interior support is a thicker leather and the exterior surface is a finer leather. Shoe is held together with round iron nails and the sole is sewn to the body of the shoe, including the heel and toe. One eyelet fastener is present. Exterior leather is very worn and fragile. Iron nails are corroded. Heel layers are partially delaminated. The toe end has fully delaminated. Grey residue on upper and lower surfaces. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a tire chain for driving during inclement weather. Two metal chains. Smaller chain is brass with links composed of folded, cut sheet metal. Larger chain is tire chain comprised of two varieties of chain with thinner chain forming the sides of a ladder structure and twist-link chain forming the rungs. Iron chain is corroded. Brass chain has black discoloration (tarnish). L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a piece of fabric found at a depth of 10 feet. The fabric is the cuff and an additional eight inches from a pair of canvas pants. One fragment of cloth fabric, probably the hem of a garment. The fabric is a coarse weave. The hem is machine sewn. Grey dirt residue throughout, some engrained in fabric. Object is folded and stiff. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is either a very fancy drawer-pull or a decorative attachment of some type. It has a pewter metal rod with a bolt attachment on one end. The opposite end has a fancy molded-relief glass flower. The glass is tinted blue from cobalt. One glass and metal curtain tieback fragment and one glass fragment from same. Glass is clear with blue paint on exterior and possible gilding remnants. There is a brass nut securing the end, possible iron interior and pewter exterior. The largest fragment is labeled 45KI765/P14J-4a and the smaller fragment is labeled 45KI765P14J-4b. Metal is corroded, especially around glass junction and at far end. Glass has iridescence, especially around metal junction and on painted surface. L. Penttila 2/22/2010