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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 bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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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