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

349-3a-1.07

(Late 18th and early 19th century)

Details

Secondary fill

  • Collection method

    Manual excavation

  • Soil

    very dark greyish-brown sandy lens

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

Context Objects

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CHP_1988_SG3ACx107_Buff
Unidentified Buff bodied
CHP_1988_SG3ACx107_Window
Window glass
CHP_1988_SG3ACx107_Nail
nail
Coal
Mammal Bone
CHP_1988_SG3ACx107_Brick
brick