Actually, Jim Deetz used John Vlach's then current interpretation of shotgun houses to argue for a similarity in proxemics in the house foundation at Parting Ways, based on the size of the rooms he had seen in the plans that Vlach illustrates in his Natural History article.  The plan of the Parting Ways foundation was not that of a shotgun house and Deetz did not confuse the two.

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From: Robert L. Schuyler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:00 PM
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Subject: Re: Shotgun Houses


Look at Deetz' work at Parting Ways where he claimed to have an African
American shotgun house foundation.


At 05:37 PM 6/2/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any good references for excavations of Shotgun houses?
>
>Thanks.

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University of Pennsylvania Museum
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