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Key West, Monroe County

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Wreck timberWreck timber
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: cigar, and sponge port, cisterns, and waterfront fill throughout Old Town..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Island at the tip of the Florida Keys between the Gulf and the Florida Straits

Wrecking and cigar wealth made per-capita income high; deep privy and cistern deposits are the classic Key West relic context.

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