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Profile shows bands of Rangia cuneata shells underneath the roadbed

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.

Two complete pale blue-green water bottles. One reads, “New Hope Manufacturing Company,” the other “1922 Bienville Av.”, displayed on black velvet with ten-centimeter scale bar.
Water bottles from New Hope Manufacturing Company, 1922 Bienville Street, Louisiana

View, looking down a walking path of arcade buildings at Spanish Fort

Variety of complete pipes from the pipe concentration at 8 Jay 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

Two colorless glass tumbler fragments; one rim and one with a sunburst pattern base, displayed on black velvet with ten-centimeter scale bar.
Tumbler base and body

A cropped map shows the location of “Spanish Fort” by the water’s edge. Other original text on the page reads “OLD FORT,” “HOTEL,” DEPOT,” LAWN,” “OPERA,” and “CASINO.” Four red triangles are imposed on the page to display the excavations in relation to the old fort and the shore line. The waterways Bayou St. John and Lake Pontchartrain have been labeled.
Close up of the area on the ca. 1884 map depicting Spanish Fort with approximate markers of artifact-rich locations along the Killdeer Street Waterline Trench.

The Old Spanish Fort, was erected in 1770 under Baron De Carondelet, New Orleans, LA, Side 2

The Old Spanish Fort, was erected in 1770 under Baron De Carondelet, New Orleans, LA, Side 1
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