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Senegal, Kaolack

Kaolack Saloum river groundnut port

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Chief groundnut port of the Saloum from the 1900s, where French trading houses lined the wharf road; river bank and escale ground carry trade-era refuse.

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