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Mexico, Mexico City

Mexico City historic fill (Centro) - AVOID digging

Old dump ground Inferred from historyProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Look, don't dig: museum-grade colonial glass comes out of monitored digs here..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1600-1900

Construction crews hit colonial and 19th-century material constantly; INAH archaeologists attend permitted digs.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Legal exposure is the hazard.

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