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India & Indian Ocean, Goa

Goa

Ribandar causeway / Mandovi frontage

Riverbank, tidal Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: Portuguese-era dark glass (rare).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1510-1940

[doc-scene] India's only visible bottle-collecting community is Goan (an active collectors group; Mapusa and Anjuna markets move case gin and feni stoneware). Foreshore deposits are inference; OLD GOA itself is UNESCO/ASI - 100 m prohibited zone, flagged.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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