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Collection method
Excavated using shovel and trowel, screened through one quarter inch mesh.
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Soil
dark brown topsoil with patches of black soil (2-4 inches below sod, thin lens 1/2 inch thick) 7.5 yr 3/2
Contained black lens-shaped stratum with charcoal, Mixed deposit.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY (1985)
May 1985 - July 1985
Testing in a portion of the former grounds of Sailors' Snug Harbor found significant archaeological resources in the vicinity of the Matron's Cottage. Sailors' Snug Harbor served aged and sick seaman from 1833-1976 as one of the first retirement homes ...
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Undecorated Creamware fragment
(19th c.)
Undecorated Whiteware fragment
(1820-1900)