Abstract
Three deposits from two separate shaft-features on Manhattan’s Block 160 yielded a total of 14,502 bones and bone fragments. Located in the middle of a working-class neighborhood, this block made up one-fifth of New York’s notorious Five Points. Analysis of the faunal assemblages, in tandem with the extensive historical record, provides an opportunity to explore working-class diet in a changing urban marketplace. Specific to Five Points, this is an examination of some of the disparate lifestyles present in this infamous neighborhood.
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Milne, C., Crabtree, P.J. Prostitutes, a Rabbi, and a carpenter-dinner at the five points in the 1830s. Hist Arch 35, 31–48 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03374391
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