In response to Jeff Watts-Roy's inquiry about nineteenth century hotel or
tavern excavations for
 
The 19th Century Planters Hotel in Tallahassee Florida was excavated in
1969-70 by L. Ross Morrell, then State Archaeologist.  John Penman and I did
an analysis of recovered faunal material which was presented to the 1971
meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
 
The Hotel was adjacent to the state capitol and served as residence for
legislators during the session.  The site was excavated as part of the state
capitol expansion.
 
For more information contact:
 
Bureau of Archaeological Research
Division of Archives and History
Department of State
R.A. Gray Building
Tallahassee, Florida  32301
 904-487-2299
 
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