AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is the eyelet portion of a lace-up leather boot with cotton lining. There are seven eyelets and four lacing posts. One shoe fragment representing the lacing portion of the shoe. Metal fasteners are fixed in the leather portion, while the remainder of the shoe was cotton. Seven eyelets and four lacing posts are present, all machine added. The stitches are machine-made. Large accretion of grey sediment (dirt) with fabric; sloughing of this material may cause future weight changes. Brass fixtures are corroded. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1890 Comments: This is a loafer-style shoe cobbled with round-headed nails. The heal and sole are constructed of leather strips tacked atop one another. One leather shoe, of a 'loafer' style. Some pieces appear to be made of rubber. Top margin has been machine-sewn, indicating a post 1846 manufacture. The inclusion of nails seems to indicate a pre 1862 manufacture. Significant grey accretions on interior and exteriors; loss of these may cause future weight changes. Iron nails in sole are corroded. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis:Comments: This is a single charred hazelnut.One unmodified nut, possibly a hazelnut. Possibly burned. Grey residue on exterior surface. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis:Comments: This is a small misshapen cork with a 1/2 inch diameter.One cork. White and grey debris embedded in cork surface. One end of cork has been warped out of shape. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a corroded iron meat grinder with a table-top clamp. A patent date is embossed on the side - Sep. 1899. Legible portions of embossing on the opposite side include "WER'S" above "SHOPPE". One table-mounting iron meat grinder. Embossed on both sides: (Incomplete) WERS HOPPE PAT. 1897. 1899 EPT. 99 Surface is corroded, especially the exterior and vise. An aluminum bead sits over the corrosion, near the vise. Sand and gravel accretions on exterior surface. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a carved brier-wood pipe without the stem. The pipe is entirely charred inside and out. One wooden pipe bowl, formerly fitted to a stem. May have been hand-carved. Bowl is charred and splitting. Grey/white discoloration on interior. L. Penttila 4/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This is a silver-plated spoon with the first 1 1/4 inches of the handle bent. One bent brass spoon. Upper and lower surfaces have black concretions, possibly the remnant of silver plating. Some light blue discoloration on the bowl of the spoon, possibly tarnish. Several holes through spoon: one in bowl and one in handle. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Artifact Type: Horse Trapping Comments: This artifact consists of a thin iron bar backed with wood. A portion of the metal has been snapped off so that one side has a metal loop and the other is only partial. The complete end extends 3 3/4 inches beyond the loop forming a handle. Two pieces of one object, comprised of wood and iron, of unknown function (AMEC had initially identified as Horse Trapping as "Artifact Type." Metal comprises the back and base of the object, as well as a handle and bisecting fragment. The wooden portion of the object is seated within the metal and pinned by the fragments to it. Wood has weakened severely and is fragmenting, especially around metal joints. Metal is corroded and possibly bent (handle). L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a pipe tobacco tin. No brand name is visible, however, the tin notes that it "Fits in the pocket" and "Patented May 30, 1899". One tobacco tin fragment. Brand name begins with "O" written in Old English text. Writing around the perimeter of the front: Top: IT FITS IN THE POCKET Left: ? PIPE TOBACCO Right: NO WASTE Bottom: A ? TO ? Below bottom: PATENTED IN U.S.A. MAY 30TH 1899 Tobacco remnants on back (non-printed) side. White and pink accretions on surface, possibly paint. J. Dougherty 12/22/2009

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a wire-wrapped nail with a crushed round head - 2 5/8 inches in length. One round wire nail with four-facet point. Gripper die marks visible at end of shank nearest the head. Appears to have crushed round head. Corrosion on head and shank. J. Dougherty 12/22/2009