Hi Meris,
There are more than 50 hits in the HISTARCH archive that contain the  
keyword sawmill.  While many will not be sawmill excavations, I think  
you will find several to be very useful:
https://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S2=HISTARCH&X=63F7C13374AB45E2CF&Y=scarlett%40mtu.edu&q=sawmill&s=&f=&a=&b=

Cheers,
Tim Scarlett

On Mar 24, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Conrad Bladey wrote:

> From my dim past recollection I remember a fascinating study of the  
> role of oral tradition in the engineering of sawmills from memory by  
> backwoods designers based upon  books they had once seen- traced the  
> trial and error evidence of getting the construction design to work.  
> See 1970s  literature a conference paper I believe..
>
> Conrad Bladey
>
> Robert L. Schuyler wrote:
>
>> 1976    Robert L. Schuyler and Christopher Mills
>>          The Supply Mill on Content Brook, an Example of Recent  
>> Historic Sites. JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY
>>           Vol. 3, pp. 61-95
>>
>>        [This is a traditional sawmill archaeological site now  
>> completely abandoned. Covers the 19th and early 20th centuries and  
>> a     transition from water power to machine (gasoline) power.  
>> Located in Eastern Massachusetts.]
>>
>> At 02:05 PM 3/24/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> =20
>>>
>>> We are trying to assemble a comparative study on sawmills for a
>>> treatment plan and excavation of a early 20th century (possibly late
>>> 19th) sawmill in Washington state.  It has been a challenge finding
>>> reports that discuss the excavation of PNW sawmills-not much work  
>>> has
>>> been done at the data recovery level.  We are hoping to discuss
>>> different types of deposits that have been excavated elsewhere  
>>> (feature
>>> types and methods), what research questions have been addressed  
>>> and  how
>>> others have interpreted their sawmill remains.
>>>
>>> If anyone has reference suggestions, or reports they would be  
>>> willing to
>>> share, dealing with the excavation of sawmill sites I would greatly
>>> appreciate it.  Any region of the country (or world) would be  
>>> welcomed.
>>> I need to compile a list (and ideally a stack) of sources by  
>>> Monday, so
>>> sources that are relatively easy to access online or through  
>>> journals
>>> would be helpful.=20
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you to everyone, in advance.  J
>>>
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>>> Sincerely,=20
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>>
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