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Large Fish Calvar (Skull)

South Ferry Terminal - Whitehall Slip

Archaeological Details

Large Fish Bone Skeletal Element and Part: Calvar (Skull) - Plates Minimum Number of Meat Cuts: 1 Animal Age: Not identified Butcher/Cut Mark Type: Chopped Gnaw Mark Type (Animal): None distinguished Heat Exposure (Presence/Type): Not identified Weathering (Description): Stained Zooarch Notes: None

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 15598.214

      Secant Pile 65, 5-10 feet below ground surface (SP 0065.2)

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