Holl/Archaeology of Urban Bondage, 4. The Middle Sequence (ca. 1740 – 1780)

Chapter 4 - The Middle Sequence (ca. 1740 – 1780) examines the patterns of the archaeological record dated to that period. It is a particularly ‘hectic’ period in the history of Colonial New York, with the onset of the ‘revolutionary war’ and its abrupt populations shifts. The city is more populated in any case. It witnessed an accelerated pace of urban growth and expanded significantly northward. The proportion of juveniles is abnormally high in the profile of the deceased population. Burials are also packed in a smaller space as a consequence of the construction of a palisade in 1745. Health profiles feature a situation that has deteriorated in comparison to the Early Sequence.