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Uruguay, Soriano
Mercedes Rio Negro river port town
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: gaucho-era metal.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
River port on the Rio Negro from the 1780s, shipping hides and later serving the Liebig meat lands; rambla and old landing ground carry port refuse.
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