One of several reports most relevant to the discussion of the Harris matrix
as used on the project is:
Cook, Lauren J., and Joseph Balicky
1996 Archaeological Data Recovery, The Paddy's Alley and Cross Street
Backlot Sites (BOS-HA- 12/13), Boston, Massachusetts: Volume I, Technical
Report. Report prepared by John Milner Associates, Inc., for Timelines,
Inc., and the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Manuscript report on file at
the Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston, MA.
Lauren J. Cook, RPA
Senior Archaeologist
Richard Grubb & Associates, Inc.
30 North Main Street
Cranbury, NJ 08512
Ph: 609 655-0692 ext 312
Fx: 609 655-3050
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Mary
C. Beaudry
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 6:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Boston CAP
Paul,
Here is what I'm sure is only a partial list of what might be deemed
publications, or accessible works, on the CA/T (Central Artery/Third Harbor
Tunnel) project, from various phases of the work. There are many technical
reports far less easy to come by.
Britt, Kelly M. 1998. A Stitch in Time: The Study of the Economics of
Domestic Abuse through Sewing Artifacts Recovered from a 17th Century Privy.
Honors thesis, Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. Department of
Anthropology,
University of Massachusetts, Boston. (interprets clothing & sewing artifacts
from Nanny Naylor privy; Beaudry not convinced by her conclusions)
Cheek, Charles D., editor, 1998, Perspectives on the Archaeology of Colonial
Boston: The Archaeology of the Central/Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston,
Massachusetts. Historical Archaeology, Volume 32, number 3 (special thematic
issue).
Cook, Lauren J., 1998, "Katherine Nanny, alias Naylor": A Life in Puritan
Boston. Historical Archaeology 32(1): 15–19.
Landon, David B., 1996, Feeding Colonial Boston. Historical Archaeology,
Volume
30, number 1 (special monograph issue). Uses date from Phase II data
recovery
Lewis, Ann-Eliza, editor, 2001, Highway to the Past: The Archaeology of
Boston's
Central Artery (Massachusetts Historical Commission, Boston).
Lewis, Ann-Eliza H., 1998, "A Recreation for Great Persons": Bowling in
Colonial
Boston. Northeast Historical Archaeology 28: 121–133. oldest bowling ball in
NA,
found in Nanny Naylor privy
Pendery, Steven R., 1992, Consumer Behavior in Colonial Charlestown,
Massachusetts, 1630–1760. Historical Archaeology 26(3):57–72. see also
Pendery's dissertation, Harvard University, Anthropology.
Seasholes, Nancy S., 2003, Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in
Boston.
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. on landmaking in Boston, includes results from
Central
Artery project; Seasholes has a far better understanding of the manner in
which
the Mill Pond was filled than anyone else
Vogt, Christy C., 1994, A Toast to the Tavern: An Archaeological Study of a
17th
and 18th Century Tavern in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Master's thesis,
College
of William and Mary.
There are a few theses and conference papers from an "unauthorized" salvage
of
post-1830 deposits at a site owned by a brothel keeper who married a
non-traditional doctor. The MOA for the project set a cut-off date that
disallowed these data from being included in any of the materials curated by
the
Mass Historical Commission, but Martin Dudek of John Milner Associates,
Littleton, MA, has taken it upon himself to curate and study the material.
Sarah Stephens of URI wrote a thesis on textiles and shoes from the deposits
at
this site (Padelford site for shorthand).
Forthcoming are reports on finds made during salvage operations as highway
tunnel construction ensued, cutting through the old the Mill Creek. Ceramic
merchant's goods, shoe repair deposit, etc. On line you can find the Oxford
Dendro Lab's report on a timber that was probably from the bridge over the
Mill
Creek, from a tree felled in 1686. It is identified as from the revetment
of
the creek, which was a sort of sludgy mill race for the last of the tide
mills
powered from the stinky waters of Boston's Mill Pond (probably up until ca.
1830), but given its location at the mill site was probably from the bridge.
Cheers,
Mary B.
Mary C. Beaudry, PhD, RPA, FSA
Department of Archaeology
Boston University
675 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 USA
tel. 617-358-1650
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