Sheep (Ovis aries) Bone Skeletal Element and Part: Calvar (Skull) - Fragment Minimum Number of Meat Cuts: 1 Animal Age: + 2 years Butcher/Cut Mark Type: Bisected Gnaw Mark Type (Animal): None distinguished Heat Exposure (Presence/Type): Not identified Weathering (Description): Stained Zooarch Notes: right side of skull including maxilla
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Sheep (Ovis Aries)
Skull
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 27, Stratum 4, Level 2
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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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