Strap hinge used to mark head of grave.

Few graves still had markers associated with them, and it was assumed that these had been cleared prior to development of the lot.  There were some exceptions; this iron strap hinge, for instance, had been inserted vertically at the head of the grave of an adult man, perhaps to mimic a Christian cross.  The man himself was apparently of mixed African and Native American descent, as indicated by shoveling of the incisors, a genetic trait associated with Asian and Native American populations; this trait occurred in at least 4 of the 15 individuals recovered in 2011, a surprisingly high number speaking to the intensity of African-Native American interactions in the early part of the Colonial era.