Stephanie,

A report of direct topical and regional relevance to your study would be:

Copp, Stanley A. 1987. Excavation of the Marpole-Eburne Site (DhRs 25): An Urban Garbage Dump in an Early Vancouver Suburb. A Report of Investigations to the Heritage Conservation Branch. Vancouver Community College, Langara Campus.

It is based on excavations at an urban neighbourhood landfill dating to the 1910s and 20s undertaken by a college field school in the early 80s. The neighbourhood is interesting because it included a concentration of Japanese-Canadian residents. I'm not sure what the availability of this report is through the usual avenues, but you can find Stan's contact information here:

http://www.langara.bc.ca/social-cultural/anthropology/faculty.html

Doug Ross

  
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Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 11:45:12 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Dump/Landfill Studies

Hi,

I work for a CRM firm out of Portland, Oregon and we are preparing to do
a study of a community landfill in Seattle, Washington which dates to
the early 20th century. I was wondering if anyone had any good
references  or perhaps even reports on other dumps or landfills they
would be willing to share? 

Thanks much,

Stephanie Simmons

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