Could you list examples of the titles and/or provide examples of the types
of diagnostic fragments you are finding?  It might make it easier for folks
to relate to the question.
Allen Vegotsky


> [Original Message]
> From: Morgan Blanchard <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 1/18/2007 6:21:45 PM
> Subject: Looking for bibliographic sources on printed material as
artifacts
>
>    I am currently processing a very large collection of periodical
material 
> excavated from a frozen privy in the interior of Alaska.  I am still
doing the
> data entry, and assigning artifact numbers, but we already have more than
1,700
> diagnostic pieces representing more than 50 different titles dating from
1902
> to 1909.  I am estimating more than 3,000 diagnostic pieces by the end
and tens
> of thousands of non diagnostic fragments.
>
>   I am looking for (and so far not finding) sources dealing with printed
> materials as artifacts rather than purely as historical sources or works
> dealing with printed material found in an archaeological context.  I would
> appreciate any leads in this direction.
>
> Morgan Blanchard
> University of Nevada, Reno