As an early 1800s reenactor, for food history, I can highly recommend the Historic American Cookbook Project - Feeding America. Lots of great early cookbooks in .pdf and other formats ranging from 1798 to 1922. Enjoy! :-) http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/browse_date.html On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Bill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Recent excavations on an early 18th century site in central Delaware > recovered some freshwater mussel shells amongst the faunal remains. > Normally freshwater mussels are associated with Native American sites in the > Middle Atlantic region. This presents the possibility of a Native American > presence or interaction with the European inhabitants of the site (circa > 1720 to 1735). Several glass seed beads recovered from floatation further > support this theory. My question is: Has anyone found freshwater mussel > shells on non-Native American 18th century sites in the region? > > Thanks for your input in advance! > > Bill Liebeknecht, MA, RPA > Principal Investigator > Hunter Research, Inc. > Trenton, New Jersey -- Smoke Pfeiffer In other news, the wolves and coyotes have finished investigating a break-in at the henhouse. The fox has been cleared.