This material is an aggregate of soil, lime and small fragments of iron oxide. Its pourous quality makes it appear to be a product of a reaction between lime and water. Perhaps this is pourly mixed cement, or more likely a by-product of cement production.
721-13
Weight 48.8 gr
Other
Manhattan, City Hall Park, South of Chambers Street and East of Broadway between City Hall and Tweed Court House
View Site2000 - 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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late 18th to early 19th century
Privy soils with a high concentration of late 18th to early 19th century artifacts
View Context
(1805-1900)
(1805-1900)
(1690-1832)
(1700-1760)
(1779-1840)
(1805-1900)
(1779-1840)
