"A Very Working-Class Neighborhood": Nineteenth-Century Archeology in Sheridan Hollow, Data Retrieval Investigation, Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility, City of Albany, Albany County, New York

Author(s): Tracy Miller; Justin DiVirgilio; Walter Wheeler

Year: 2005

Summary

Phase III Data Retrieval Report, including macrobotanical, faunal, and parasitic analyses; inventory of artifacts; figures; and site forms. The site consists of features and deposits associated with the urban residential occupation of Sheridan Hollow spanning from c. 1840-1920. Throughout most of the 19th century, the site was populated principally by Irish immigrants and first-generation Irish-Americans. The site components include the architectural remains of two rowhouses, seven privy vaults, several drains and pipes, and a cistern.

Cite this Record

"A Very Working-Class Neighborhood": Nineteenth-Century Archeology in Sheridan Hollow, Data Retrieval Investigation, Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility, City of Albany, Albany County, New York. Tracy Miller, Justin DiVirgilio, Walter Wheeler. 2005 ( tDAR id: 380818) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8XG9QSZ

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Hide • Macrobotanical • Metal • Pollen

Site Name
Sheridan Hollow Parking Facility Historic Archeological Site

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Cistern • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Midden • Privy • Sheet Midden • Town / City • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
19th Century • Albany • Architectural • Children • Consumption Patterns • Faunal Analysis (Historic) • Health • heavy metal analysis • Irish Immigrants • Macrobotanical • Parasite Analysis • Poverty • Sanitation • Urban • Working Class

Geographic Keywords
Albany, New York

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1840 to 1920 (Approximate based on deeds and diagnostic artifacts)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.774; min lat: 42.632 ; max long: -73.734; max lat: 42.678 ;

Record Identifiers

New York State Museum Accession Number(s): A2007.14

New York State Museum Site Number(s): 11691

Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. Project Number(s): 3077

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Unique Site Number(s): A00140.004644

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Project Review Number(s): 02PR05772

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