Broken Glass Bottle Excavated in Anacostia
date: label: Date
content: After 1867
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content: In the early 1980s, archaeologists excavated land along Howard Road, SE before construction began on the Anacostia Metro Station in southeast Washington, D.C. Objects unearthed in the excavation revealed nearly 10,000 years of human settlement in the area. Their discoveries included household objects, like this broken bottle. At the bottom, the clear glass is ringed with raised glass bands, in between which are small ovals. The pattern repeats above, though most is missing. It likely dates to the neighborhood’s most prosperous period, 1880-1920.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991.0064.0012
objectType: label: Type
content: bottle
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass
label: Dimensions
content: 5 × 3 3/4 in. (12.7 × 9.5 cm)