Introduction: Lots 8, 9, and 15 are modern designations for adjacent parcels of land that were owned together and used as a single property until the early 1830's. Lots 8 and 9 front Pearl Street and are important to the Stadt Huys project because they contained archaeological remnants of the Colonial-era Lovelace Tavern, a public house built around 1670. The Lovelace Tavern was the most important discovery on the Stadt Huys project because it proved that significant archaeological resources could still exist in urban spaces.
Rationale: Test Cut T1 is an extension of Test Cut T, an exploratory trench placed in the backyard of Lot 9 to assess the integrity of the stratigraphy underlaying a modern cement floor. Importantly, the excavations of the test cuts in the backyard of Lot 9 revealed that this area was the most archaeologically intact on the entire project. This means that many archaeological features, artifacts, and intact stratigraphical layers were discovered during testing. Therefore, Test Cut T is an important resource for understanding the historical development of Lot 9.
Results: This deposit is comprised of early-20th-century fill and was found underneath the cinder bedding for the ca. 1919 cement floor.
Lot 9, Test Cut T1, Stratum IV, Level A
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Collection method
Shovel, Trowel, Screen (1/4-inch mesh). Arbitrary 4-inch level.
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Soil description
Dark Brown Sand with Coal and Red-Brown Sand Lens-Fill
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Munsell
7.5YR 2/0
