Illinois
Savanna, Carroll County Mississippi River town
Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: and privy-pit glass in the old riverfront blocks.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Mississippi River
Busy railroad and river transfer point; the compact old downtown near the levee is dense with privy pits.
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