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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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Bone button

TC_P2_136_12

Archaeological Details

Single bit mark in center, but not cut through to form a hole. button making, clothes, sewing, clothing related

  • Object number

    136-12

  • Animals/objects

    Button

  • Material

    Bone

  • Context

    365-136

  • 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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