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Glass Wine Bottle Base/Body Sherd

(1730 - 1840)

Archaeological Details

Probably a cylindrical English wine bottle; most of the base is missing. Mends on fresh breaks.

Excavation Site

South Ferry Terminal

Manhattan, Battery Park, South Ferry Terminal

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Part of Project

    • South Ferry Terminal, New York, NY (2012)

      October 2004 - March 2006

      Archaeological work completed between 2004 and 2005 as part of a large scale construction of a subway infrastructure project in Battery Park and the adjacent area uncovered segments of the 18th-century defensive Battery, resources associated with Whitehall Slip, and ...

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    • Battery Wall Excavation Images 12/28/2005

Part of Context

    • 1439- South Ferry - Whitehall Slip 15598.063

      Whitehall Slip.63 Civetta, from Shell Layer, Decking Column 20 (C20). A shell deposit found near Decking Column 20 (C20) at an elevation of 5.4 to 6.7 feet below sea level (10.8 to 12.1 feet below ground surface) (see Figure 5.65 of SFT report, 2012).

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