AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a heavily corroded metal handle with squared ends and four holes for fasteners. One iron handle with squared ends drilled for fasteners and a raised handle. Object is heavily corroded on all surfaces. Embedded sand and gravel on handle and one end. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Comments: This artifact is a steel strip with one bent end forming an acute angle. The strip is finished with lacquer and has a perforated end presumable for hanging on a hook. It is 10 inches long and 1 1/8 inches wide; the curved end is 1 1/2 inches long. One enameled iron handle, possibly from a cooking or serving pot. Smaller end has a perforation, possibly for hanging; larger end has a bend with remains of formerly attached pan. Surface is corroded. Enamel is exfoliating, especially near bent end. L. Penttila 3/1/2010

AMEC Analysis: Years (min): 1915 Years (max): 1930 Comments: This is a type 10 evaporated milk can with crimped seams and a raised post-hole with matchstick filler (Simonis 1990). One steel can with crimped edges and ice-pick openings. Probably a machine produced hole-in-top can. "9610" is printed on the base. Exterior is corroded. Black accretions, possibly the remnants of a label, also on exterior. Small dents on walls, some associated with perforations and corrosion. White accretions grouped on one side. L. Penttila 3/10/2010

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