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#FindOutFriday Soda water was bottled as early as 1806. Bitterquellebottles, like the one pictured here, are some of the most found in the US. This olive-green Hunyadi Janos bottle has been dated between 1870 and 1900 and has a blob finish made using a post-bottom mold.

#WhatIsItWednesday What is it? Hint: The company associated with this bottle changed its original name to the Royal Crown Company after its brand RC Cola became popular.

#FindOutFriday Milk glass was first introduced in the 16th century and became a quick competitor of porcelain. This is a jar made by Elmo/Elmo Sisters, a beauty company founded in the early 1900s. It was likely a beauty cream. Archaeologists have dated this jar to 1919-1929.

#WhatIsItWednesday What is it? Hint: The medicine this bottle contained had the main ingredient of sodium bromide.

#FindOutFriday According to the Society for Historical Archaeology, one of the best sources for determining bottle types based on the shape are old glass/bottle maker’s catalogs. This jar was in the 1933 Owens-Illinois Glass Company catalog and listed as a “modernistic” jar.

The San Diego Presidio, established in AD 1769, was the first European settlement in Upper California. Small-scale poultry production, likely managed by women and children, provided California presidios with a form of subsistence independence.

Ancient Egypt had some unusual characteristics. Diseases of the era are depicted in temple artwork and Egyptian physicians were respected for their knowledge in the ancient world. In this lecture, Dr. Philip Goscienski discusses disease and medicine in Ancient Egypt.

#WhatIsItWednesday Which company manufactured this bottle? Hint: The manufacturer of this bottle has the most commonly found product during archaeological excavations and surveys post 1930.

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On October 14, SDAC Members are invited to go behind the scenes at the Imperial Valley Desert Museum. Following morning tours, SDAC Members are welcome to join IVDM Executive Director Kristin O’Lear and SDAC Executive Director Stephanie Sandoval for wine and hors d’oeurves.

Join us every 2nd Saturday of the month for two screenings of our Living Room Lectures by archaeologists, experts, and authors. Sat, Oct 14 10:30 AM – A Day in the Life of a Physician: Ancient Egypt 12:30 PM – Zooarchaeology of Avian Remains for the San Diego Royal Presidio

#FindOutFriday A mouth-blown bottle is a bottle that was blown by hand and not a machine. This bottle was formed using a cup-bottom (cup-base) mold, identified by its horizontal seam marking at (or above and encircling) the heel of the bottle.

Join us tomorrow for a pottery workshop and museum open house. Create your own piece of pottery to take home with you. Learn More ⬇️ sandiegoarchaeology.org/kids…

Join us for our next #virtual #LivingRoomLecture as Dr. Jon Spenard presents the results of two field seasons in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve in Belize. Register ⬇️ sandiegoarchaeology.org/buff… @CSUSM

#WhatIsItWednesday What is it? Hint: The color of this bottle is produced using its natural impurities combined with chemical elements and mineral additives.