Excavation of a pit that contained large amounts of animal bone, shellfish remains, glass bottles, and cooking pot fragments. (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

Excavation of a pit that contained large amounts of animal bone, shellfish remains, glass bottles, and cooking pot fragments.

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Excavation of a pit that contained large amounts of animal bone, shellfish remains, glass bottles, and cooking pot fragments. A branch coral from this pit dated to the same time as the coral blocks of the adjacent house. Researchers think the pit was from a feast held just before the house was built. Photo: James Flexner

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