University of New Orleans students and volunteers excavating the privy at 936 St. Peter Street

ID: 6426 ~ Creator: Courtesy of University of New Orleans ~ Date: 2014

This file appears in: 936 St. Peter Street: A Cottage Industry in the Quarter

University of New Orleans students and volunteers excavating the privy at 936 St. Peter Street

This file appears in: 936 St. Peter Street: A Cottage Industry in the Quarter

936 St. Peter Street: A Cottage Industry in the Quarter

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…