Photograph of a galley pot from the 936 St. Peter Street privy.

ID: 6423 ~ Source: Courtesy of University of New Orleans ~ Date: 2014

This file appears in: A Privy Full of Goat Skulls: The Archaeology of 936 St. Peter Street

Photograph of a galley pot from the 936 St. Peter Street privy.

This galley pot was from the pharmacy of Christoval Espinola, who was in business from about 1861 to 1867. This date range serves as the terminus post quem (TPQ) of the assemblage from 936 St. Peter Street. A TPQ is the latest known date of manufacture for an item; this provides a benchmark date for the household ca. 1860.

This file appears in: A Privy Full of Goat Skulls: The Archaeology of 936 St. Peter Street

A Privy Full of Goat Skulls: The Archaeology of 936 St. Peter Street

By By Helen Bouzon, J. Ryan Kennedy, and D. Ryan Gray, edited by Elizabeth Williams

In 2014, the University of New Orleans was invited to conduct archaeological testing at 936 St. Peter Street while the property was undergoing renovations. Below the surface layer, archaeologists discovered the opening of a privy shaft. The privy…