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Bangladesh, Barisal Division

Barisal delta steamer-hub rice port

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Rice-trade hub of the Bengal delta served by paddle steamers into the mid-1900s; steamer ghats and merchant quarters accumulated a century of river-trade refuse.

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