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India, Tamil Nadu

Tuticorin / Thoothukudi

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: pearl and salt trade debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Pearl-fishery and cotton-export port with a colonial trade district.

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