NYC Archaeological Repository:

The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
NYC Archaelogical Repository:
The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
Site: City Hall Park / Project: City Hall, New York, NY (1991) / Context

349-2-1.02

(20th and late 19th century)

Details

Interface between asphalt layers

  • Collection method

    Diamond saw and jackhammer

  • Soil

    dark yellowish-brown

Excavation site

City Hall Park

Manhattan, City Hall Park, South of Chambers Street and East of Broadway between City Hall and Tweed Court House

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Part of Project

    • City Hall, New York, NY (1991)

      Testing, monitoring, and excavations uncovered historic burials, thousands of disarticulated human remains, a privy, a cold storage shed and other finds. The burials are either from the almshouse (most likely), African Burial Ground, or Revolutionary War prisoners. The artifacts and ...

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    • buried history