NYC Archaeological Repository:

The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
NYC Archaelogical Repository:
The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center
Home / Collections / Search

Hard Shell Clam Shell (Quahog)

Archaeological Details

From processed flotation sample

Excavation Site

South Ferry Terminal

Manhattan, Battery Park, South Ferry Terminal

View Site

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 ...

      View Project
    • Battery Wall Excavation Images 12/28/2005

Part of Context

    • 1439-South Ferry - Battery Wall 15768.378

      Wall 3, Inside Wall, above Boring 14 (B14).

      View Context

Related Objects

View all 16
Botantical Sample from Heavy Fraction of Flotation Sample
Cow (Bos taurus) Molar
Gastropod Shell
Geoarchaeology Soil Sample
Hard Shell Clam Shell (Quahog)
Light Fraction from Flotation Sample
Medium Mammal Unidentified Bone
Mussel Shell
Oyster Shell
Periwinkle Shell
Pipe Stem
Sheep (Ovis aries) Molar
Soft Shell Clam Shell
Unidentified Bird Vertebra
Unsorted Artifacts from Heavy Fraction of Flotation Sample
Unsorted Building Material from Heavy Fraction of Flotation Sample