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Semarang

Kota Lama old town

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles

Also reported: 17th-19th-c Dutch utility glass.

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

Why this spot

1650-1935

Press-reported discovery of antique bottles in Kota Lama attributed to the mid-1600s onward; separate 18th-c ceramic-bottle cache found nearby at Purworejo.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Subsiding, flood-prone ground

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