Jonathon,

Just off the top of my head, I think that you are going to have a 
very, very difficult time with your intended project.

CCC camps, at least the Federal camps, were run as military 
installations, and were subject to basic military operations, which 
included extensive and intensive policing of the grounds, with 
off-site trash disposal in dumps the most likely form of refuse 
patterning.

I really have no idea why you would find any evidence for  "luxury" 
or discretionary spending, unless it was in "secreted" deposits ... 
You should also know that there was virtually no "extra" income 
available to the CCC "boys" as large percentages of their incomes 
were automatically sent home to parents, families, etc.  Other than 
buying smokes, maybe a beer/liquor bottle,  or a pack of gum, I am 
very curious as to what you are seeing on the ground that suggests 
discretionary spending.

I would note that what you may be seeing is, as you noted, a very 
early camp, where site policing was not yet fully in play.  You also 
may be looking at one of the State or Private CCC camps ... perhaps 
the discipline was more lax in those settings than what I encountered 
on Federal camps in Michigan.

I'm guessing Smoke will chime in with any references on excavated CCC 
camps ... My only work was pedestrian reconn, mapping, and minimal 
shovel testing.  I don't have the report reference on this computer, 
but I will forward it to you if you are interested.

Mark




>Hello,
>I'm doing my master's thesis on a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 
>camp, and I need some help. What I'm doing is looking at luxury 
>spending amongst the enrollees. The camp that I'm working with is 
>amazing. It's located in Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny National 
>Forest. It was the second camp ever built in the nation, and still 
>has standing structures. This summer I excavated portions of the 
>camp and came up with a phenomenal sample of the camp's material 
>culture. The problem I'm having, is locating other CCC camps that 
>have been dug. In order to understand the larger pattern of luxury 
>spending, I have to compare it to other sites. I've already got a 
>few non-CCC Great Depression sites, as well as some pre-Great 
>Depression sites that I'm looking at to understand buying strategies 
>in the Great Depression. I'm having trouble locating other CCC camps 
>that have been excavated. What I need is artifact inventories from 
>CCC camps to compare my data to. Any help wo
>  uld be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>Jonathan Libbon
>
>MA in Applied Archaeology Candidate
>Indiana University of Pennsylvania
>G-12B McElhaney Hall, 441 North Walk
>Indiana, PA 15705
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