Passenger Pigeon Bone Skeletal Element and Part: Femur - Proximal fragment Minimum Number of Elements: 1 Animal Age: Not identified Butcher/Cut Mark: None distinguished Gnaw Mark Type (Animal): None distinguished Heat Exposure (Presence/Type): Not identified Weathering (Description): Stained Zooarch Notes: proximal end worn/leaching
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Bird (Aves)
Pigeon, Passenger/Wild (Ectopis migratorius)
Femur
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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Excavation Unit 04, Stratum 5, Level 1
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10 Objects
The city's archaeological collections include many animal bones and shells which can tell us a great deal about what people once ate, and what the past environment was like. The following artifacts include: shells and bones of animals ...
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