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| Photo Special: Privy Unearthed | August 6, 1999 |
On the last day of the official field school, the find of the season emerged.
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| A number of chamberpots were found dumped in the privy. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) |
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Along the angled line on the trench floor (above) excavation uncovered a narrow wooden beam. The darker deposits are night soil, fecal matter. Students (right) work in the privy. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) | ![[image]](https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/lott/jpegs/lott78.jpeg) |
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| Medicine bottles and even the stoneware bowl of a pipe laid buried in the privy. (Courtesy Brooklyn College) |
Discussion Question:
Why are privies so important to archaeology?
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