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Photograph of an archaeologist digging with a shovel in a trench along a road in an urban, residential neighborhood with a red mechanical excavator in the background. The trench is lined with yellow caution tape and orange and white safety cones.
Excavation of a waterline trench located shell midden, the kind that might be related to a shell mound or Indigenous feature.

Three bottles displayed on black velvet with a fifteen-centimeter scale bar. From left to right, the first is a cylindrical jar, and reads, “HORLICK MALT CO. MILK.” The second is a colorless flask, the third is a colorless rectangular bottle.
Early-Twentieth century machine-made bottles from a Killdeer locus farther away from Spanish Fort

Six early-twentieth century pale blue-green bottles and bottle fragments displayed on black velvet with a fifteen-centimter scale bar
Series of late-nineteenth, early-twentieth century bottles from Killdeer locus farther away from Spanish Fort

A modern map showing 81 neighborhoods of New Orleans, major roads, and major waterways. All neighborhoods are in green, except for the neighborhoods Lakeview, Lake Vista, and Lake Terrace and Oaks, as well as the Lakefront Airport, which are the color of water and outlined with dashes.
Map showing the inclusion of Lake Vista, Lakeview, Lakefront Airport, and Lake Terrace and Oaks

Corroded cupreous metal medallion on displayed on black velvet with a five-centimeter scale bar.
Rex 'Souvenir of the Mardi Gras' Medallion, 1892

Colorless mug with words “SPANISH FORT RESORT” displayed on black velvet with a fifteen-centimeter scale bar.
Mug embossed 'Spanish Fort'

Four pieces of cut woods in a sifting screen made of wood and ¼” mesh. A pink length of flagging tape reads, “Shell Midden Fill, Context 1” with the date, “6/24/20.<br /> <br />
Metal fill excavated in the upper Rangia shell layer

Photograph of an excavation unit measuring 1 x 2 meters. Archaeological tools are around the unit, including an orange paint bucket, a shovel handle, a dust broom, a tape measure. A partially-redacted signboard sits above the unit that reads “Test Unit 1, Context 2, level 1 at 70 cmbd, 211 June 20, UNO/CNO.” A black and white north arrow with a ten-centimeter scale is in the middle of the unit. Four sets of work boots are in the background.
Base of the second shell layer (Context 2) at Killdeer Street

An excavation unit measuring 1 x 2 meters. White shell is on the surface, and a brown shell layer with dark gray bands of clay is on the interior, about 10 centimeters below surface.
Begininng excavation into the upper Rangia Shell

Seven pieces of French-style pottery displayed on black velvet with a ten-centimeter scale bar.
Eighteenth Century French-style pottery from Killdeer Street Shell Midden
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