NYC Archaeological Repository:

The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
NYC Archaelogical Repository:
The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
Site: Snug Harbor Cultural Center / Project: Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY (1987) / Context

778-1-10

(1845-1870)

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Details

  • Collection method

    Excavated using shovel, trowel, and hand pick screened through one quarter inch mesh.

  • Soil

    deep red soil, strong brown clay with coal 7.5 yr 4/6

Excavation site

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

Staten Island, Snug Harbor Cultural Center

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Part of Project

    • Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY (1987)

      August 1985

      A sheet midden deposited between 1845 and 1900 was uncovered in a natural depression to the west of the Matron's Cottage on the former grounds of Sailors' Snug Harbor, one of the first retirement homes in the United States that ...

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Context Objects

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transfer-printed Pearlware/Whiteware fragment
SHMC_S1C10_WindowGlass
Window glass Fragments
Unidentified Refined Earthenware
brick
Undecorated Porcelain fragment
smoking pipe

(1790-1830)