Below are some blacksmith shop references for works in historical archaeology and folklife studies.  The list is kind of dated (1989), but it has some useful gray literature cites:
 
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Blacksmithing References
 
 
Bealer, A. W.
1969    The Art of Blacksmithing. Funk and Wagnalls, New York.
 
Brugge, D. M., and J. S. Griffith
1977    Blacksmithing in Sonora, Mexico. The Kiva 42(3-4):271-279.
 
Coleman, E. T., K. Cunningham, W. Catts, and J. Custer
1985    Intensive Archaeological Investigations of the Wilson-Slack Agricultural Works
Complex. Delaware Department of Transportation Archaeological Series Vol. 34. Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover.
 
Custer, J., E. T. Coleman, W. Catts, and K. Cunningham
1986    Soil Chemistry and Historic Site Activity Areas: A Test Case for Northern Delaware. Historical Archaeology 20(2):89-94.
 
Deetz, J.
1978    Archaeological Investigations at La Purisma Mission. In Historical Archaeology: A Guide to Substantive and Theoretical Contributions, edited by R. L. Schuyler. pp. 160-190. Baywood, Farmingdale, N.Y.
 
DeVore, S.
1988    Fur Trade Blacksmith Shops at Fort Union Trading Post National Site, North Dakota. 1988 Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Reno, Nevada.
 
Dunshee, K.
1957    The Village Blacksmith. Century House, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
 
Dupont, J. C.
1979    L'Artisan Forgeron. University of Laval Press, Quebec. Study of French Canadian blacksmithing
 
Glassie, H.
n.d.    Homer Martin Blacksmith Shop. Unpublished field notes. Homer Martin shop in Fulton County, Georgia.  Fieldnotes in files of Henry Glassie. 
Copies in possession of D.S. Rotenstein
 
Gray, M.
1983    The Old Home Place: An Archaeological and Historical Investigatoin of Five Farm Sites
Along the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina. Russell Papers. National Park Service, Atlanta, GA.
 
Lasansky, J.
1980    To Draw, Upset, and Weld: The Work of the Pennsylvania Rural Blacksmith 1742-1935. The Oral Traditions Project of the Union County Historical Society, Lewisburg, Pa.
 
Light, J. B.
1984    The Archaeological Investigation of Blacksmith Shops. Industrial Archaeology 10(1):55-68.
 
Light, J. B., and H. Unglik
1984    A Frontier Trade Blacksmith Shop: 1762-1812. Studies in Archaeology, Architecture, and History. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
 
Light, J. B., and W. Wylie
1986    A Guide to Research in the History of Blacksmithing. Research Bulletin 243 (January). Parks Canada.
 
Manucy, A.
1962    The Fort at Frederica. Department of Anthropology Notes in Anthropology Vol. 5. Florida State University, Tallahassee. One component of Fort Frederica was an 18th century blacksmith shop
 
McBride, W. S.
1988    A Village Blacksmith in the Antebellum South: Archaeological Investigations at the
Griswold Shop, Barton, Mississippi (1851-1860). Southeastern Archaeology 6(2):79-92.
 
Meilach, D.
1984    Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork: Tools, Techniques, Inspiration. Crown, New York, N.Y.
 
Queen, M., and T. Webb
1977    Blacksmithing. Foxfire 11(2):83-118.
 
Richardson, M.
1978    Practical Blacksmithing. Weathervane, New York, N.Y.
 
Roberts, W. E.
1972    Folk Crafts. In Folklore and Folklife: An Introduction, edited by R. Dorson. pp. 233-252. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Contains a drawing of the Homer Martin blacksmith shop (see Glassie n.d.)
 
Rotenstein, D. S.
1987a   Traditional Culture in the Twentieth Century: The Historical Archaeology of a Rural
Blacksmith's Shop. The Florida Anthropologist 40(2):124-136.
 
1987b   The Historical Archaeology of Two Rural Blacksmith Shops. Tennessee Anthropologist 12(2):119-127.
 
1989    The Rural Southern Blacksmith Shop: An American Vernacular Form. Unpublished M.A. paper, Department of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa.
 
Smith, J. M.
1982    Spanish Colonial Blacksmithing. Unpublished report on file, Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board. St. Augustine, Florida.
 
Spivey, T., R. Ferring, D. Crouch, and K. Franklin
1977    Mathewson House Site (34-Cm-177). In Archaeological Investigations Along the Waurika Pipeline, Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, and Stephens Counties, Oklahoma. Contributions of the Museum of the Great Plains. pp. 172-267. Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton, Oklahoma.
 
Steinbach, R.
1962    The Smithy Site: An Exploratory Archaeological Investigation. Unpublished report on file, Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board. St. Augustine, Florida.
 
Vlach, J.
1983    Phillip Simmons: Afro-American Blacksmith. In Afro-American Folk Art and Crafts, edited by W. Ferris. pp. 301-331. University of Mississippi Press, Oxford, Mississippi.
 
1992    Charleston Blacksmith: The Work of Philip Simmons. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Ga.
 
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