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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMystery Artifact Unearthed at City Hall Is 19th-Century Feminine Device
CITY HALL An excavation at the citys political center has unearthed a 3-inch artifact that initially baffled archaeologists until they realized it was one of the earliest documented feminine hygiene products in New York.
At first we thought it was maybe a spice-grinder or needle case, said Alyssa Loorya, president of Chrysalis Archaeology, the firm that oversaw the dig, part of a Department of Design and Construction rehabilitation project at City Hall. We were stumped.
The early incarnation of a douche a hollow, cylinder with small holes at its top made from unidentified mammal bone was found in a massive heap of buried garbage that dates back to between 1803 and 1815, Loorya said.
The centuries-old trash, in a pile found three feet underground and extending to a depth of about six feet was also filled with liquor bottles and various items associated with food waste, suggesting it may have all came from one celebratory event, Loorya said.
At first we thought it was maybe a spice-grinder or needle case, said Alyssa Loorya, president of Chrysalis Archaeology, the firm that oversaw the dig, part of a Department of Design and Construction rehabilitation project at City Hall. We were stumped.
The early incarnation of a douche a hollow, cylinder with small holes at its top made from unidentified mammal bone was found in a massive heap of buried garbage that dates back to between 1803 and 1815, Loorya said.
The centuries-old trash, in a pile found three feet underground and extending to a depth of about six feet was also filled with liquor bottles and various items associated with food waste, suggesting it may have all came from one celebratory event, Loorya said.
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Mystery Artifact Unearthed at City Hall Is 19th-Century Feminine Device (Original Post)
ashling
Feb 2014
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geardaddy
(24,931 posts)1. *snerk*
they said "mammal bone"
I am so juvenile...
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)3. why would that be part of a celebraory eent
Lochloosa
(16,076 posts)4. My wife thinks it's a celebratory event when I take out the garbarge
Aristus
(66,487 posts)9. Guten Morgen! Willkommen ins DU!
ashling
(25,771 posts)11. Which opens the chance for my theory on the origin of curling
some disgruntled wife invented it ti teach men how to use a broom
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)6. What celebratory event
would involve a douche? Just asking.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)7. Pick a republican event, any republican event.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,924 posts)8. Right on. The RNC was a perfect example
of a douche at a celebratory event. Many, actually.