Table 4- Historic artifacts recovered from Test Area F.

Provenience Level or
Stratum
Cat.
Number
Identification Period Description
Adornment
Trench 1 32 cm 93 Buttons circa
1827-
1870
2 specimens; severely corroded, 1-piece, ferrous metal, 4 sew-thrus, .70 inches diameter
Trench 1 33 cm 96 U.S. Infantry
button
1865 Corroded, brass, 2-piece button; eagle device on face with eagle facing right, 3 mm high "I" in recessed shield on chest, 0.82 inches diameter; fabric attached to portion of back
Trench 1 39 cm 95 Unidentified
military button
1865 Severely corroded, 2-piece, brass, .60 inches (24 lignes)
Trench 1 Backdirt 99 Button circa
1855-
1870
White Prosser, four sew-thrus in central well, corrugated face, .44 inches inches diameter
Grave
Furniture
Trench 1 --- 92 Grave marker? ? 2 fragments of wood bearing white paint
Firearms
Material
Trench 1 35 cm 84 Percussion cap 1865 Cuprous top-hat style, badly fragmented