In a message dated 8/30/2006 7:15:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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also  recommend

Merrifield, Ralph
1990 Archaeology of Ritual and Magic.  New Amsterdam Books. ISBN: 0941533263

He notes in his introduction  essentially that, now that he's at the end of
his career, he can publish  this material, since it no longer matters if
people think he's off his nut.  (I'm paraphrasing, obviously).

Ron, thanks for the reference, I will  have to check that one out.
--Megan  Springate.




Megan et al,
 
Yes, I bought a copy of Merrifield and used it in my 2000  
paper.Unfortunately, I never compiled my bibliography for that paper. Here  are some oth4er 
useful sources:
 
Ewans, George Ewart
1966 Patterns Under the Plough. (I don't have it handy, so the  publisher 
remains forgotten)
 
Ewans documented through oral interviews the use of witch bottles and  
attributed burying objects in houses to the Roman practice of burying family  under 
the house in order to protect the living.
 
Swan, June
1996 Journal of the Costume Society (Shoe Museum, London, England.  Again, I 
do not have the complete references)
 
Swan created the Northampton Museum Index and keeps entries of worldwide  
discoveries of shoes, boots, and other concealments. I highly recommend to all  
members of HISTARCH who discover concealments to track her down and include 
your  find in this index. Swan also provided evidence for "spirit middens" that 
were  used for hundreds of years, but I no longer recall the details.
 
I guess I should dredge out my file on all this stuff and take another  crack 
at it.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.