Megan,

While not a North American example, on the specific issue you raise below you may be interested in Plas Newydd in Wales, the home of the Ladies of Llangollen (if indeed you're not already well aware of what's a fairly iconic site).  Some archaeology has been done here, though I don't have any details to hand.

Some links:

http://heritageofwalesnews.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-ladies-of-llangollen.html

http://www.cpat.org.uk/news/oldnews/plasnew.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_of_Llangollen


Alasdair Brooks


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Hi Sean,

Sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks for sending this along. I struggle
with what the material evidence will look like as well.

You may be interested to read Judith Bennett's book, "History Matters" in
which she talks about studying "lesbian like" women -- women who choose to
live/socialize primarily with other women. Her argument is that sexual
acts are only a small part of homosexuality and that there is really no
way to track that historically anyway.

Regards,
Megan.