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Odesa Oblast, Odessa

Vylkove Old Believer canal-town mud

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: fishing gear, crosses.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Lipovan Old Believers built this delta town on canals from 1746, and generations of household refuse lie in the channel mud and spoil banks.

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