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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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Clam Shell

Archaeological Details

  • Dimensions

    Weight 8 gr

  • Animals/objects

    Clam (Bivalvia)

  • Material

    Shell

  • Context

    349-Auger 6

  • 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

    • City Hall, New York, NY (1991)

      Testing, monitoring, and excavations uncovered historic burials, thousands of disarticulated human remains, a privy, a cold storage shed and other finds. The burials are either from the almshouse (most likely), African Burial Ground, or Revolutionary War prisoners. The artifacts and ...

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    • buried history

Part of Context

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