The artifacts were found buried in a long-abandoned privy behind the house at 26 West St. The construction crew alerted city officials as soon as the brick outline of the privy became visible Wednesday.
Thomas W. Bodor - a consulting archaeologist retained by the Historic Preservation Commission to oversee such discoveries at construction sites - said yesterday that the privy appears to have been dug around the same time the house was built,...
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But We Already Have Bottles - 2010-01-22 12:35:41
Is it really just coincidence that there was a dig at Williamsburg yesterday in the sailing museum piece and again today here?
A bottle found in a latrine in Annapolis? Alert the president.
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