These buckles were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton, William L. Calver, and others prior to or after the formation of the Field Exploration Committee in 1918, at the British camp on the Dyckman farm, between Seaman and Payson Avenues and 204th and Academy Streets in Washington Heights.

This button was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse pit near an early nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of barracks and redoubts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City. Continental Army buttons are not known to have been in use after the Revolutionary War.

This fastener was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from Fort Wyllis at West Point, a series of barracks and forts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City. The fastener was probably part of a chest or box of supplies or ammunition.

This object was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at West Point, a series of barracks and redoubts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City.

This ox shoe was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse dump near an early nineteenth-century barracks at West Point, a series of barracks and redoubts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to protect the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City. The ox that wore the shoe would have been used to transport supplies.

This bowl was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from Fort Constitution, on Constitution Island in the Hudson River, opposite West Point. The fort was built in 1775 to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to prevent the division of the colonies that could result from British control of the river. The plate belonged to a soldier.

This linch pin was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee from the refuse dump of the Revolutionary War barracks at West Point, a series of barracks and forts in Orange County, New York built by the Continental Army in 1777. West Point was built to establish American control of the Hudson River, and to guard the Hudson Highlands from attack by the British Army in New York City. The inscription indicates Continental Congress ownership.

According to an attached label, this fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a Revolutionary War site in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The label did not identify the site.

According to an attached label, this fragment was excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others at a Revolutionary War site in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The label did not identify the site.

These seals were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Revolutionary War and Colonial sites in New York, including Fort Washington, Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, the Nagel house, Fort George on the Niagra River, and the British camp on the Dyckman farm. Bale seals were used to label goods, and the embossed inscriptions on front identified the merchants who shipped them. The engraved numbers on back of the seals were probably used to identify packages and shipping invoices.