Doug:

Margaret Kennedy excavated a dump created by Japanese prostitutes in Blairmore, Alberta back in the late 1970's. It dated from 1904-1939. She wrote a wonderful, very detailed archaeological report. I forgot how I got a copy. I believe she's a member of this listserve. Perhaps she'll respond. If not, I could make a copy of my copy, although the graphics won't be very good, considering the fact that my copy was made back in about 1985.

KENNEDY, MARGARET

1981    Final Report, Historical Resources Impact Assessment and Conservation Studies, Highway 3 Realignment, Frank to Blairmore. Report prepared for Alberta Culture Archaeological Survey of Alberta, Edmonton.


Catherine H. Spude, PhD
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  From: Doug Ross<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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  Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 4:09 PM
  Subject: Japanese archaeology


  Hey folks,

  I am a PhD student at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, and am
  excavating the remains of a Japanese salmon fishing settlement on an island
  in the Fraser River, dating ca. 1900-1942.  I have been attempting to gather
  together background material and am looking for the following things:

  1. Three unpublished reports that have been mentioned either in other
  publications or on this list in the past:

  a) Bibb, Leland
  1997 Japanese Ceramics from the Home Avenue Dump, San Diego, California.
  Manuscript in possession of author.

  b) Seifert, Steven
  1984 The Japanese Presidio Community. Manuscript, Santa Barbara Trust for
  Historic Preservation, Santa Barbara.

  c) Stenger, Alison T.
  1986 Japanese Ceramics from Chinese Sojourner Sites. Paper presented at the
  Society for Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting, Sacramento, California.

  2. Other reports relating to the archaeology of 19th and 20th century
  Japanese outside of Japan.  I am familiar with the work at Manzanar, Walnut
  Grove (Rice Bowls in the Delta), the Marshall Islands, as well as Gardner's
  work in Wyoming.

  If anyone has copies of these unpublished items that they are willing to
  send me, I would greatly appreciate it.  It seems the archaeology of the
  Japanese in North America is an underground endeavour in more ways than one.
   Thanks,

  Doug Ross
  PhD Candidate
  Department of Archaeology 
  Simon Fraser University
  Burnaby, British Columbia
  V5A 1S6