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Hi all, rain-type barrels were also buried and used as privy receptacles.
We recovered at least two in Covington Ky in the mid-1980s on Bob
Genheimer's Covington Project. Please let me know off-line and I can fax
you the relevant pages out of the report.
Jeannine Kreinbrink
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From: "Stubbs, Donna L" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: Rain barrels
> Listers:
>
> During a recent Phase II excavation in Dubuque, we examined a feature that
> was described as a cistern, however, the artifacts recovered from the
> excavation included a large number of barrel hoop fragments as well as a
lot
> of household trash. An Internet search turned up a reference to an
> excavation in Minnesota where two features with intact barrel hoops were
> uncovered. The interpretation there was that rain barrels had been
> partially buried to half their height and besides their original function
> had also been used as trash barrels.
>
> My questions: Has this type of feature been identified at other sites
here
> in the US? or elsewhere? How common is this practice? Is there any
ethnic
> correlation? References always welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Donna Stubbs HDR Engineering, Inc.
> Archaeologist 6190 Golden Hills Dr.
> (763)591-5442 Minneapolis, MN 55416
> mailto: [log in to unmask]
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