One whole cat (Felis domesticus) femur bone that has been stained green and red, likely due to exposure to copper and iron.
1719
Cat (Felis domesticus)
Mammal (Mammalia)
Fauna
Femur
weathered
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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Bone Reference Collection
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8 Objects
Animals have played an important role in the lives of New Yorkers for centuries. Like today, people living during the Colonial and Post-Colonial Eras depended on animals for both food and companionship and the remains of these creatures, called ...
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