>Ben Resnick WROTE


>We are presently completing a Phase I/II excavation of a late 19th
>to early 20th century tannery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  I am
>looking for completed reports detailing archaeological investigations
>of similar sites (preferably mitigations).  I am familiar with some of
>these including MAAR's Data Recovery at the Birely Tannery,
>Frederick, Maryland, but would like to pull together as many
>sources as possible.
>

BEN,

I have done some small test excavations on a few tannery sites in Melbourne
Australia. They involved sampling the site through metres of fill, and a
watching brief, but they did show up some data on construction techniques
and technology.

Let me know if this is useful.

I'd be interested in any info you may come up with - do you intend to
produce a report yourself?

Gary Vines

Melbourne's Living Museum of the West
P.O. BOX 60 Highpoint City, 3032
Victoria, Australia
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