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Title Description Material Number of Items ANCODS Wreck
NRC6150 - CERAMICS

white glazed ceramic fragment

CERAMICS 1 Correio da Azia
BILS5820

button, copper alloy, domed shape, decorated with loop
SK18

1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6099 - Human

Bone. Human. Toe.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB123 - Animal

Bone (?)/Shell (?)

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB16 - Copper/brass

Drill swarf sample on a copper alloy fastener

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5816 - Human

Nevicular, left foot. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6091 - Animal

Bone. Animal.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB17 - Ship's timber

Wood core (one piece disintegrated into many pieces).

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5815 - Human

Left Zygomatic. Attached to BILS8543 A1. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6104 - Human

Bone. Human. Metatarsal.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB18 - Ship's timber

Wood core sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5817 - Human

Metatarsal, right foot. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6103 - Human

Bone. Human. Rib.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB19 - Ship's timber

Saw sample, wood.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5818

First metacarpal, left hand. SK18.

1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6102 - Human

Bone. Human?

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB110 - Ship's timber

Saw sample. Wood.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5819 - Animal

Animal bone. Seal?

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6086 - Animal

Bone. Animal skull.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB111 - Ship's timber

Wood saw sample.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5821 - Copper/brass

copper fragment

Copper/brass 3 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6082 - Human

Bone. Human.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB112 - Ship's timber

Wood sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5822 - Copper/brass

bone (x0) and copper fragments (x6)

Copper/brass 6 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6079 - Human

Bone. Human?

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB113 - Pitch/tar/oil

Corking (?)

Pitch/tar/oil 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5823 - Copper/brass

copper fragment/soil sample

Copper/brass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6084 - Glass

Glass Bottles.

NOT RETAINED.

Glass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB114 - Copper/brass

copper alloy tacks

Copper/brass 2 Samuel Wright
BILS5824 - Copper/brass

copper fragment

Copper/brass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6083 - Glass

Glass Bottles.

NOT RETAINED.

Glass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB115 - Ship's timber

Stanchion. Wood sample.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5825 - Human

Second? metacarpal, right hand. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6090 - Human

Bone. Human. Long bone.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB124 - Ship's timber

Saw wood sample.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5826 - Human

Pisiform, left hand. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6089 - FERROUS

Metal. Unidentified.

FERROUS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB125 - Copper/brass

copper alloy bolt, swarf sample.

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5827 - FERROUS

iron fragment

FERROUS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6100 - FERROUS

Metal. Hinge?

FERROUS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB126 - Ship's timber

Umax wood sample.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5828 - Human

Tooth, located in SK18, BILS5843 A2.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6087 - Animal

Bone. Animal. Wallabi mandible.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB127 - Ship's timber

Wood Umax sample, saw.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5829 - FERROUS

UNID metal fragment

FERROUS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6088 - Human

Bone. Human. Rib.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB128 - Ship's timber

Umax saw sample.

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5830 - Copper/brass

UNID metal fragments

Copper/brass 4 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6085 - Animal

Tooth. Animal.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB129 - Ship's timber

Wood Umax saw sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5831 - Glass

Button, black glass dome/ spherical shape with wire loop

Glass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6095 - Animal

Bone. Animal. Vertebrae. Butchered marks.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB130 - Soil Sample

Sediment core samples. Core 1 and Core 33 (replicate core)

Soil Sample 2 Samuel Wright
BILS5832 - NON-FERROUS

UNID metal fragments

NON-FERROUS 7 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6096 - Human

Bone. Human. Big toe.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB131 - Soil Sample

Sediment core samples. Core 33 and Core 1.

Soil Sample 2 Samuel Wright
BILS5833 - Copper/brass

UNID copper alloy fragments

Copper/brass 7 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6093 - Glass

Glass bottle.

NOT RETAINED.

Glass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB132 - General

Water sample.

General 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5834 - FERROUS

UNID metal fragment

FERROUS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6066 - Human

Bone. Human?

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS5835 - Glass

bead, amber or glass

Glass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6170 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB133 - Glass

Glass fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5836 - Copper/brass

button, copper alloy domed shape with wire loop

Copper/brass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6171 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB134 - Rope/leather/etc.

sea grass (originally thought to be a leather shoe sole)

Rope/leather/etc. 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5837 - Miscellaneous/Unidentified

UNID small ferrous and copper alloy metal fragments (x3) AND small stone (x1)

Miscellaneous/Unidentified 4 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6164 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB135 - Glass

glass fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5838 - FERROUS

UNID ferrous and copper alloy fragments

FERROUS 4 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS5839 - Copper/brass

UNID small metal fragments including piece of wire

Copper/brass 4 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6149 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB136 - Copper/brass

Sheathing

Copper/brass 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5840 - Animal

bone, animal

Animal 2 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6163 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB137 - Dunnage

dunnage

Dunnage 2 Samuel Wright
BILS5841 - Animal

bone, animal

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6108 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB138 - Bricks

Brick fragment

Bricks 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5842 - Animal

bone, animal

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6110 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB139 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5843A1 - Human

Skull with one tooth in situ. Attached to BILS5815.
SK18

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6137 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB140 - Concretions

Concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5844 - Human

Left clavicle. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6134 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB141 - Dunnage

dunnage

Dunnage 2 Samuel Wright
BILS6132 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB142 - Copper/brass

Fastener x1, tacks x 6

Copper/brass 7 Samuel Wright
BILS6121 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB143 - Ship's fittings

Concretion (fasteners)

Ship's fittings 5 Samuel Wright
BILS5846 - Human

Right scapula. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6113 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB144 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragment

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5847 - Human

Right clavicle. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6106 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB145 - Ship's fittings

Timber and concretion fragment (fastener (?))

Ship's fittings 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5848 - Human

Humerus, left leg. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6112 - Soil Sample

Soil sample

Soil Sample 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB146 - Copper/brass

Fasteners

Copper/brass 4 Samuel Wright
BILS5849 - Human

Radius, left leg. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6109 - Glass

Glass. Bottle.

Glass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB147 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5850 - Human

Ulna, left leg. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6135 - Animal

Bone. Animal.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB148 - Miscellaneous

Timber fragments

Miscellaneous 2 Samuel Wright
BILS5851 - Human

Right leg, humerus. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6140 - Animal

Bone. Animal. Eroded.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB149 - Concretions

Concretion, possible fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5852 - Human

Rght leg, radius. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6124 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB150 - Concretions

Concretion, Possible fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5853 - Human

Right leg, ulna. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6142 - Miscellaneous/Unidentified

Unidentified.

Miscellaneous/Unidentified 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB151 - Miscellaneous/Unidentified

Concretion, fasteners (?) and ballast

Miscellaneous/Unidentified 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5854 - Human

Left leg, femur. SK18.

Human 2 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6119 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB152 - Concretions

Concretion, fastener (?)

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5855 - Human

Tibia, left leg x 4 AND fragments x 30. SK18.

Human 34 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6123 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB153 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5856 - Human

Left leg, Fibula. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6136 - Animal

Bone. Animal.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB154 - Concretions

Concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5857 - Human

Femur, right leg. SK18.

Human 24 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6161 - Copper/brass

Copper.

Copper/brass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB155 - Concretions

Concretion, Possible fasteners

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5858 - Human

Tibia, right leg. SK18.

Human 2 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6122 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB156 - Concretions

Concretion, Possible fastener

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5859 - Human

Fibula, right leg. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6120 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB157 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5860 - Human

Calcaneus, right foot AND Talus, right foot AND metatarsal, right foot AND proximal first phalanx, right foot. SK18.

Human 4 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6116 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB158 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5861 - Human

Right rib fragments x 16 AND additional right? rib fragments x 41. SK18.

Human 57 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6118 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB159 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5862K1 - Human

C1, Cervical vertebra. SK18

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6115 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB160 - Concretions

Concretion, possible barrel hoop

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5863 - Human

Pelvis, left and right. SK18.

Human 12 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6168 - Animal

Bone. Animal.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB161 - Ship's fittings

Concretion, fastener

Ship's fittings 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5864G1 - Human

Scaphoid, left hand. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6167 - Marine

Bone. Fish.

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB162 - Ship's fittings

Concretion, fastener

Ship's fittings 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5865 - Human

Left rib fragments x 36. SK18. AND bag of nesting material found in association with SK18 left ribs

Human 37 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6145 - Animal

Bone. Wallabi.

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB163 - Concretions

Concretion

Concretions 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5866 - Animal

bone, animal

Animal 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6155 - Miscellaneous/Unidentified

Unidentified.

Miscellaneous/Unidentified 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB164 - Animal

Bone, possible rib

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5867 - Copper/brass

small copper(?) fragments mixed with sediment

Copper/brass 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6105 - MISCELLANEOUS

Toy car. Metal and plastic. (6 pieces)

Miscellaneous 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB165 - Animal

Bone, Bovine (?) and concretion

Animal 2 Samuel Wright
BILS5868 - Textile

cloth, small fragment, possibly modern?

Textile 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6126 - Human

Bone. Human. Ankle.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB166 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5869 - CERAMICS

ceramic, Majolica ware body fragment

CERAMICS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6111 - Human

Bone. Human. Finger.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB167 - Glass

Glass bottle fragment

Glass 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5870 - Clay pipes

UNID clay pipe stem fragment or sea urchin spine?

Clay pipes 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6131 - Human

Bone. Human.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS5871 - NON-FERROUS

UNID metal fragments, possibly lead

NON-FERROUS 2 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6128 - Human

Bone. Human. Rib.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS5872 - CERAMICS

ceramic, Majolica ware albarello jar, broken with base and part of body, blue and orange stripe and mark decoration

CERAMICS 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6127 - Human

Bone. Human. Rib.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB168 - Animal

Bone

Animal 1 Samuel Wright
KMB169 - Miscellaneous

Timber sample from worked wood

Miscellaneous 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5873 - Animal

bone, faunal, animal (x122) AND shell (x29)

Animal 151 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6138 - Human

Bone. Human?

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB170 - Ship's timber

Wood core sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5874 - Animal

bone, faunal (x237) AND shell (x16)

Animal 253 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6139 - Human

Bone. Human.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB171 - Ship's timber

Wood core samples

Ship's timber 6 Samuel Wright
BILS5875 - Human

Left lateral cuneiform, left foot. SK15.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6117 - Marine

Bone. Fish?

Marine 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB172 - Ship's timber

Wood core sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5876 - Human

bone, human
SK18

Human Beacon Island Land Site
KMB173 - Ship's timber

Wood core sample.

Ship's timber 5 Samuel Wright
BILS5877 - Human

First metatarsal, right foot. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6107 - Human

Bone. Human.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB174 - Ship's timber

Wood core samples and swarf samples

Ship's timber 7 Samuel Wright
BILS5878 - Human

Lateral cuneiform, right foot AND third metatarsal, left foot. SK18.

Human 2 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6133 - Human

Bone. Human. Pelvis.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB175 - Ship's timber

wood core samples and swarf samples

Ship's timber 5 Samuel Wright
BILS5879 - Human

Intermediate cuneiform, right foot. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6156 - Human

Bone. Human. Hand.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB176 - Ship's timber

wood saw sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5880G1 - Human

Hamate, left hand. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6154 - Human

Bone. Human. Phalange. Hand.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB177 - Ship's timber

wood saw sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5881 - Human

Patella, right leg. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
BILS6169 - Human

Bone. Human. Foot.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site
KMB178 - Ship's timber

wood saw sample

Ship's timber 1 Samuel Wright
BILS5882 - Human

Fourth metacarpal, left hand. SK18.

Human 1 Beacon Island Land Site