Beyond the North Gate: Archeology on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany. Archeological Data Retrieval, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility, Broadway, Albany, New York

Author(s): Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.

Year: 2005

Summary

Report of data recovery results from the Quackenbush Square Parking Facility site in Albany, NY. The pdf report focuses on the detailed excavation of a rum distillery (c.1750s-1820s) and a brickmaker's house and brickyard (c.1630s-1680s). The report includes micro/macroscopic analyses of faunal and floral materials, pollen, parasites,and heavy metal contents. The report also provides deep historical context to rum production and early colonial settlement in Albany and the Northeast.

Cite this Record

Beyond the North Gate: Archeology on the Outskirts of Colonial Albany. Archeological Data Retrieval, Quackenbush Square Parking Facility, Broadway, Albany, New York. Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.. 2005 ( tDAR id: 381339) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8513XXH

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Dating Sample • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Pollen • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Quackenbush Square Parking Facility

Site Type
Brickyard • Commercial or Industrial Structures • Distillery • 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 • 18TH CENTURY OCCUPATION • 19th Century • alcohol • Brickmaking • Bricks • Colonial Settlement • Dutch • Faunal Analysis (Historic) • heavy metal analysis • Macrobotanical • Parasite Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Production • Trade

Geographic Keywords
Albany, New York

Temporal Keywords
17th Century • 18th Century • 19th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1759 to 1823 (Rum distillery)

Calendar Date: 1630 to 1686 (Brickyard and brickmaker's house)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.767; min lat: 42.631 ; max long: -73.733; max lat: 42.672 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Prepared By(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

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