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New England, Massachusetts

Nantucket

Old dump ground, tidal Inferred from historyPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: island ware.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Whaling capital until the 1850s

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

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