On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 03:16 AM, Ron May wrote:

> This tavern thread is really verry interesting. Didn't someone do a
> paper on rural general stores as gossip and news exchange places? I
> should think there would be interesting comparative data on taverns,
> general stores, and a variety of saloons and drinking holes.

Gristmills need to be included in that list. They do have their own
particular 20th century artifact pattern (at least in VA & TN)
consisting of .22 cartridge cases, harmonica plates and whiskey bottle
fragments.

Lyle Browning

Without stratigraphy, there is no archaeology.