Delaminating rocks that show evidence of burning. Possibly New York micaceous schist. One face of the rock is dressed suggesting a building material that has been modified by heat.
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Building Stone
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 ...
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495-N45 W20-4
18th century
Almshouse complex
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