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"More For Delight Than To Multiply": An Analysis Of A Potential Animal Membrane Condom Using Zooarchaeology By Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) (2023)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Taylor Bowden. Brigid M. Ogden. Elizabeth Tarulis.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. This paper presents an analysis of a tentatively identified animal membrane condom from the colonial Oxon Hill Manor Site (18PR175) in Maryland using Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) to identify the taxon from which the artifact was made. Taxonomic identification of the condom allows for more in-depth exploration of the...