Historical Archaeology Volume 27 "Where Is Night Soil? Thoughts on an Urban
Privy" by Joan Geismar

The Wells of Williamsburg Colonial Time Capsules by Ivor Noel Hume

You might be able to get a copy of Charlie LeeDecker's 1991 Middle Atlantic
Archaeological Conference paper "Depositional Processes in Historic Privies"
He works for Louis Berger & Associates, Inc. in Washington, DC

Wade Catts also has a nice section on Patterson Sanitation in a recently
published series on excavations in Patterson, NJ.  He works for John Milner
Associates in Philadelphia, PA.

Bill Liebeknecht
Principal Investigator
Hunter Research Inc.
Trenton, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stubbs, Donna L" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for references dealing with excavations of
wells,privies or cisterns


If you don't already have it, try Historical Archaeology Volume 34,
Number 1.  The volume is titled "View from the Outhouse: What We Can
Learn from the Excavation of Privies."  The volume contains articles on
excavations from Washington DC, Louisville, KY, Minnesota, North
Carolina, Buffalo, and an island in Lake Erie.

Donna Stubbs, RPA      Archaeologist
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dylan Stapleton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 3:18 PM
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Subject: Looking for references dealing with excavations of
wells,privies or cisterns


I'm looking recommendations on published reports dealing with (not
necessarily exclusively with) the excavation of wells, privies or
cisterns
for comparative research useage in the analysis of a well in an
abandoned
gold rush town. It doesn't matter where the excavation was done, just as
long as it deals with one of the above (or related) features in a
historical
time period. Thanks.