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Collection method
Excavated using shovel, trowel, and hand pick screened through one quarter inch mesh
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Soil
Brick, mortar, clay
Almshouse complex
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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City Hall Park, New York, NY (1989)
1989
Thousands of artifacts were excavated from what was once the kitchen of New York City's first municipal Almshouse. This collection represents one of the few almshouse grounds to have been excavated by archaeologists in the United States. The site provides ...
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