I did some work in Fremantle Prison covering the time period 1850s-ca 1918
(partly convict system, partly post convict) as part of a cell
reconstruction project. Some interesting observations on the lack of an
institution like conformity in cell maintenance and security came out of it.
It's grey literature I'm afraid though, its not been published that I know
of although Suzanne Spencer-Wood may have mentioned it in some work she was
doing on prisons.

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From: "Lu Ann De Cunzo" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, 13 June 2003 9:50 PM
Subject: archaeology of social institutions


> Dear HISTARCHers,
>
> I welcome additions you may be able to offer to a bibliography on the
> historical archaeology of social institutions such as asylums,
> almshouses, workhouses, poorhouses, prisons, schools, hospitals,
> reformatories, domestic reform institutions such as settlement houses
> and working women's homes, and the like.  I'm interested in the
> post-1500 AD era, and most especially in readily accessible published
> and electronic sources.
>
> Please respond on or off list; I'll be happy to email the completed
> bibliography to interested HISTARCHers later this summer.
>
> Many thanks and I hope to see some of you at WAC next week.
>
> Lu Ann De Cunzo
> Associate Professor
> Department of Anthropology
> University of Delaware
> Newark, DE 19716
> 302.831.1854
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