One partial cow (Bos taurus) innominate. There are three butcher cuts revealing where the bone was sawn. From Feature 28.
Cow (Bos taurus)
Mammal (Mammalia)
Fauna
Innominate
Sawn (Sawed)
Manhattan, City Hall Park, South of Chambers Street and East of Broadway between City Hall and Tweed Court House
View Site2010 - 2011
Excavations at New York's City Hall Park between 2010 and 2011 produced artifacts and features from the 18th through 20th centuries. Many of these come from the Revolutionary War period when the park was the site of British barracks, ...
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Late 18th - Early-19th Century
Feature 28 was found during the 2010 City Hall Park excavations. It was located in West Path North and is the largest midden (in terms of number of artifacts) excavated in City Hall Park to date. It was disturbed by ...
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8 Objects
Animals have played an important role in the lives of New Yorkers for centuries. Like today, people living during the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras depended on animals for both food and companionship and the remains of these creatures, called ...
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