>Can anyone recommend one or more archaeological reports that deal with
>laundresses?  Especially those associated with military posts or forts.
>
It's not an archeological report but you might want to take a look at:
"Glittering Misery: Dependents of the Indian Fighting Army" by Patricia Y.
Stallard (1992, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman). The book contains an
interesting chapter on laundresses associated with military posts.
 
Cathy Hoyt
Office of the State Archeologist
Texas Historical Commission