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Bone Button

TC_P1_T1S085_121_85

Archaeological Details

one hole sew through button making, clothes, sewing, clothing related

  • Object number

    121-85

  • Dimensions

    Weight 0.3 gr

  • Animals/objects

    Button

  • Category

    Historic

  • Class

    Faunal

  • Material

    Bone

  • Context

    365-121

  • Forms

    Fragment

Excavation Site

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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Part of Project

    • 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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    • tweed

Part of Context

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