Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: patent medicines.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain
Largest antebellum river port in the state; batture, old wharf frontage and filled back-of-town canals are classic privy/dump strata. May already be in the atlas; dedupe by coordinates.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.