Privy Photographs from the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY

Creator(s): Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.

Year: 2002

Summary

Photographs of several privies from about 1740-1880 at the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY

Cite this Record

Privy Photographs from the 625 Broadway Archaeological Site, Albany, NY. Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.. 2002 ( tDAR id: 391147) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W37X5Q

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Mineral • Pollen • Shell • Textile

Site Name
625 Broadway Historic Archaeological Site

Site Type
Communal / Public Structure • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Hearth • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Historic Governmental Structure • Historic Structure • House • Midden • Privy • Settlements • Structure • Town / City • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey • Data Recovery / Excavation • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
18TH CENTURY OCCUPATION • 19th Century • Architectural Analysis • Ceramic Analysis • Consumer Patterns • Faunal Data • Macrobotanical Analysis • Parasite Analysis • Sanitation • Urban

Geographic Keywords
Albany, New York

Temporal Keywords
18th Century • 19th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1740 to 1880

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.766; min lat: 42.634 ; max long: -73.729; max lat: 42.664 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc.

Record Identifiers

New York State Museum Accession Number(s): A2003.22

Hartgen Archeological Associates, Inc. Project Number(s): 1041

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Project Review Number(s): 98PR0156

Notes

General Note: Photos of 18th- to 19th-c. privies from the 625 Broadway site, Albany, NY. The privies and analysis of sanitation improvements and construction techniques were featured in Chapter 8 of the final report. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 1: Feature 108 (Privy 2), a stone-lined privy associated with 633–635 Broadway, c. 1850–1870. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 2: Feature 113 (Privy 3), a wooden privy associated with 30 Orange Street, c. 1810–1830. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 3: Feature 112 (Privy 4), a wood and stone privy associated with 637 Broadway, c.1770–1800. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 4: Feature 126 (Privy 5), a wooden privy associated with 633–635 Broadway, c. 1775–1800. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 5: Feature 42 (Privy 7), a wooden barrel privy after bisect associated with 27 Columbia Street, c. 1740–1760. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 6: Feature 42 (Privy 7), a wooden barrel privy fully excavated and associated with 27 Columbia Street, c. 1740–1760. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 7: Feature 38 (Privy 8), a wooden privy associated with 25 Columbia Street, c. 1840–1860. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 8: Feature 40 (Privy 9), a brick and stone privy associated with 19 Columbia Street, c. 1850–1870. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 9: Feature 122 (Privy 10), a wooden privy associated with 19 Columbia Street, c. 1860–1880. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 10: Feature 97 (Privy 11), a wooden privy associated with 38 Water Street, c. 1840–1860. 625 Broadway Privy Photo 11: Feature 147 (Privy 12), a cut stone privy associated with 16 Orange Street, c.1840–1850.

Source Collections

New York State Museum, Albany, NY

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