Where: Massachusetts · approx. 42.06, -70.18 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Provincetown Harbor at the tip of Cape Cod
What turns up: Portuguese fishing and salt-works port refuse: dark green case gin and wine bottles, cod-oil and patent-medicine bottles, stoneware and crockery, and clay pipes along the harbor beach and behind the crowded shorefront cottages and wharves.
Access: Gray area.
Under the Massachusetts colonial ordinance private ownership extends to the low-tide line, so much of Provincetown's harbor beach is private and needs the owner's permission. The bed of the navigable harbor is public trust where removing historic artifacts is restricted. Village uplands are private, and state law protects archaeological sites and unmarked burials.
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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.
Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.