Artifacts from Midden Deposits at Madame John’s.
This file appears in: 1997 Excavation at Madame John's Legacy by Shannon Dawdy and GNOAP/UNO
On French Quarter sites, midden deposits, or layers of household waste that build up in the ground over time, typically contain small fragments of pottery, glass from bottles and tablewares, animal bone, occasional pieces of iron hardware, architectural debris (like brick, mortar, and nails), and small everyday items, like buttons, beads, smoking pipes and pipe stems, and even specialized items like gunflints. Courtesy of UNO Department of Anthropology and Sociology.
This file appears in: 1997 Excavation at Madame John's Legacy by Shannon Dawdy and GNOAP/UNO
1997 Excavation at Madame John's Legacy by Shannon Dawdy and GNOAP/UNO
In 1997, Dr. Shannon Dawdy directed the second series of excavations at Madame John’s Legacy under the auspices of the Greater New Orleans Archaeological Program, a state program then based at the University of New Orleans. These investigations…