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Southeast Asia, Jakarta

Jakarta

Sunda Kelapa / Kota Tua waterfront

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Bols.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1620-1935

[doc-trade] Indonesian marketplaces openly sell river-found Dutch-era bottles; commercial pickers supply the trade. No specific dig documented at the harbor itself.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Severely polluted water
port security

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