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Mike:
There is a chapter on brewing and bottling in Harpers Ferry West Virginia by
Deb Hull-Walski and Frank Walski in a 1993 National Park Service report
"Interdisciplinary Investigations of Domestic Life In Government Block B:
Perspectives on Harpers Ferry's Armory and Comercial District" edited by
Paul Shackel.
Mike
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From: "Mike Will" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 1:02 PM
Subject: Brewery Excavations and Bottle Reuse
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am a graduate student in the Dept. of Archaeology at Simon Fraser
> University, British Columbia. My research is centered on the O'Brien
> Brewing and Malting Co site, Klondike City, Yukon and bottle reuse. As
I'm
> sure most of you are aware, attempts to decipher the context of bottles at
> historic sites is often convoluted by the possibility that they may have
> been reused over an extended period of time and they may have served
> several secondary functions. Slight differences exist at the brewery
site,
> where I am dealing with an assemblage of bottles that were being collected
> for a specific period of time and were reused for the same purpose as they
> were originally intended for (lateral cycling).
>
> For the most part, I have completed my research and I have exhausted most
> sources for additional information regarding historic archaeological
> examinations of brewery sites, bottle reuse, etc. I was recently informed
> about the HISTARCH email service and I thought I'd send a quick email ....
> just in case there was something that I may have overlooked. Any relevant
> journal articles, references, etc. that you may be aware of and/or if you
> have any comments to make would be appreciated.
>
> With Thanks,
> Mike Will
>
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