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clam (bi-valve)

Archaeological Details

  • Object number

    715-15

  • Dimensions

    Weight 5.1 gr

  • Animals/objects

    Clam (Bivalvia)

  • Class

    Fauna

  • Material

    Shell

  • Context

    365-715

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

    • 365-715

      late 18th to early 19th century

      Privy soils with a high concentration of late 18th to early 19th century artifacts

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    • TC_F16_L4

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