Metal Fragment, Recovered
- Description
- Recovered metal fragment in the shape of the letter A with a green patina.
- Historical Notes
- Much of lower Manhattan is built atop landfill, evidence of the city’s growth and changing demographics. Buttons, keys, pottery shards, and other artifacts predating the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) were unearthed in 2006 by forensic archaeologists searching near the World Trade Center site for remains of 9/11 victims. During a subsequent dig in 2010, they found the remains of an 18th-century ship. When the archaeologists uncovered these premodern artifacts, they knew they had reached the Colonial strata of the site.
- Accession Number: C.2013.28.142
- Dimensions: 3.25 in X 3.312 in X 0.25 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 8.255 cm X 8.41248 cm X 0.635 cm
- Source: Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (donor)
- Credit Line: Recovered from the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001, Courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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