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Guianas, Demerara-Mahaica
Demerara River, Guyana
Tidal mudflat Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: early English wines.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Dutch-then-British plantation colony - the trade's 'Demerara onions' come from this mud
Provenance-documented in the bottle trade: 17th-18th c Dutch glass dug from these riverbanks reaches the market regularly.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Serious logistics
equatorial mud.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.