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

349-4-1.11

(Late 18th and early 19th century)

Details

Possible compacted exterior surface in open area

  • Collection method

    Manual excavation

  • Soil

    compact layer of dark brown to gray pebbles

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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Salt Glazed, Gray Bodied Stoneware fragment

(1700)

Oyster Shell
Unidentified Buff bodied

(1670)

Transfer-printed pearlware fragment

(1780)

Unidentified pearlware

(1780)

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