Dear Grant,

At the risk of being recognized (once again) as a terrible, critical
curmudgeon, I wonder what justifies excavation on this site by
persons and/or institutions who are admittedly "not as well read as I
should be in the area"?  Is the site endangered?  Is there a
compelling reason to dig without thorough preparation and planning?
Please reassure me.

Patrick Martin

>HISTarchers.....
>
>I'm currently involved in a field project where we are
>doing some archaeological investigations at a 19th
>century Iron Furnace in western Kentucky. This field
>season, we are investigating a foundation labelled on
>a map as the company store, and several areas of the
>site where Chinese and African-American workers would
>have lived.
>
>I was wandering if much has been written about similar
>investigations.  I'm just wanting to get my hands on
>any literature dealing with similar projects, if it
>exists.  I'm especially interested in anything dealing
>with excavations of 19th century company stores and
>other buildings common on large industrial sites. I'm
>not as well read as I should be in the area of
>Industrial archaeology, so any suggestions would be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>-Grant
>
>Grant Quertermous
>Field Assistant
>Center Furnace P.I.T. Project
>Land Between the Lakes Nat. Rec. Area
>
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