NYC Archaeological Repository:

The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
NYC Archaelogical Repository:
The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
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Unidentified

Archaeological Details

labeled as building materials

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 Park, New York, NY (1989)

      1989

      Thousands of artifacts were excavated from what was once the kitchen of New York City's first municipal Almshouse. This collection represents one of the few almshouse grounds to have been excavated by archaeologists in the United States. The site ...

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    • CHP_1990_N15E5U3_Transfer

Part of Context

    • 495-N40 W20-6

      Level/Unit directly above Almshouse

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Related Objects

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CHP_1990_N40W20U6_ButtonBlank
Bone Button-Making Waste
CHP_1990_N40W20U6_Stoneware
Salt Glazed, Gray/Buff Bodied Stoneware fragment
CHP_1990_N40W20U6_Scissors
scissors
bottle
brick
Clam Shell
Coal
Cow (Bos Taurus) bone
indeterminate
Large Mammal Bone
Medium Mammal Bone
nail
Oyster Shell
Pig (Sus scrofa) bone
Plaster
smoking pipe
Unidentified
Unidentified creamware
Unidentified whiteware
Unmodified Pieces Sandstone and Shale
Window Glass