Privy soils with a high concentration of late 18th to early 19th century artifacts
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Collection method
Soil sifted though 1/4 inch screen
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Soil
Yellowish brown sandy silt
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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Tweed Courthouse, City Hall Park, New York, NY (2003)
2000 - 2001
Archaeological work completed adjacent to Tweed Courthouse in City Hall Park uncovered many archaeological resources dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. Most significantly, a burial ground and fragmentary human remains were revealed as well as a privy, and a ...
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straight pin
(1600-1830)
Undecorated chamber pot
(1762-1880)
