So you are saying all of these bottles were originally made to be used for 
mineral water?
Are you saying they held CARBONATED or NON carbonated waters ORIGINALLY?
It’s the carbonation thing we're debating out here.

My personal experience with all these fluids is weak.
Carbonation makes me sick, and I don't nor ever have drunk alcoholic 
beverages.  Even the thimble full of communion wine used to make me throw 
up.

But I want to reiterate:
So you are saying all of these bottles were originally made to be used for 
mineral water?
Are you saying they held CARBONATED or NON carbonated waters ORIGINALLY?
It’s the carbonation thing we're debating out here.

Thanks,
S. Walter

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cross, Matthew
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 6:46 AM
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Subject: Re: great local debate

While the bottles were originally filled with mineral water, they were
often reused for booze. A polish shipwreck contained a number of these
bottles intact and still corked. What did they contain? Gin.
http://www.livescience.com/47382-shipwreck-alcohol-bottle-discovered.html


-Matt
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Archaeological Assistant ‹ Historic Section

Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Champaign, IL 61820

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On 6/16/16, 4:14 PM, "HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Susan Walter"
<[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:

>June 16, 2016
>Hi All,
>Regarding those tall, cylindrical stoneware bottles, specifically those
>marked ³SELTERS² did they contain carbonated fluids?  I¹ve heard they did
>NOT from one person, but others say yes they did.  My various sources say
>the contents included mineral water, wine, rum, gin, ale, and seltzer.
>Many thanks as always,
>S. Walter