Plank in ground structure at rear of lot.
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Based on archaeological evidence, it appears that, in the 1720s, the rear portion (or interior) of the lot at 810 Royal was built up substantially with a layer of sandy silt fill that grades off to the front of the lot. This alteration is still manifested in drainage today: even the deepest pits at the rear of the lot never filled with water, but ones at the front would turn into a swampy mess at the slightest bit of drizzle. A number of foundations presumably dating to the French era have now been identified, with the most interesting being those associated with an undocumented post or plank-in-ground structure at the rear of the lot.
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Fur Traders, Indigenous Peoples, and the Violence of Urban Slavery
Very few well-preserved archaeological sites dating from the French Colonial era have been excavated in New Orleans. As most of these are located in areas that have been developed continuously since the early eighteenth century, many are disturbed…