Artifacts from Occupation 2 (1654-1686), Brickmaker's House, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY

Creator(s): Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.

Year: 2001

Summary

Photos of selected artifacts collected from Occupation 2 contexts at the Brickmaker's House in the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY.

Cite this Record

Artifacts from Occupation 2 (1654-1686), Brickmaker's House, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility Historic Archaeological Site, Albany, NY. Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.. 2001 ( tDAR id: 381428) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8Q23ZZ0

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Ceramic • Glass • Metal • Shell

Site Name
Quackenbush Square Parking Facility

Site Type
Brickyard • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Historic Structure • House • Non-Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

General
17TH CENTURY OCCUPATION • Brickmaking • Bricks • Colonial Settlement • Dutch • Trade

Geographic Keywords
Albany, New York

Temporal Keywords
17th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1654 to 1686

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.764; min lat: 42.641 ; max long: -73.729; max lat: 42.663 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.

Record Identifiers

New York State Museum Accession Number(s): A2003.23

Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. Project Number(s): 1997

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Unique Site Number(s): 00

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Project Review Number(s): 00PR02006

Notes

General Note: Examples of Occupation 2 (1654 to 1686) artifacts recovered from the Brickmaker’s House at the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility site, Albany, NY. Trinomial numbers (####.##.###) refer to HAA collection number, context number, and item number. Full artifact inventory provided in pdf report and Access database, both available in this project. Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 1: 1055.99.2; copper alloy thimbles. Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 2: 1055.241.1; threaded pewter stopper for a case bottle or decanter. Similar to contemporary examples found at Fort Albany, Ontario, Canada (Kenyon 1986:118) and Schuyler Flatts, Albany, New York (Paul Huey, pers. comm. 2001). Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 3: 1055.2.1; Foot of a clay three-legged cooking pot, or “pipkin.” Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 4: 1055.34.2; clay glazed floor tile. Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 5: Examples of glass trade beads recovered at the site. 1 and 2: 1055.141.1; 3 and 4: 1055.78.3; 5 and 6: 1055.141.2; 7 and 8: 1055.95.8; 9 and 10: 1055.188.9; 11: 1055.126.1. Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 6: 1055.102.1 (left) and 1055.136.4; metal buckle fragments. Qbush Occupation 2 Artifacts 7: Examples of marked tobacco pipe bowls and stems recovered at the site. 1: 1055.142.5; 2: 1055.95.15; 3 and 4: 1055.224.11; 5: 1055.136.10.

Source Collections

New York State Museum

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