Hi Mark. We completed a project in downtown Ogden a few years ago for a
GSA project. Though there were far more that we just couldn't get to in the
time allotted, we excavated 22 privies and a number of ash pits, dating
from about 1879 to 1920 or so. All relate to an older residential section of
the city which slowly industrialized during the early to mid 20th Century.
If this sounds interesting, I will see if I can get you a copy of the
report.
Mike
Michael R. Polk, M.A., RPA
Sagebrush Consultants
Ogden, Utah
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Hi Guys,
We are currently involved in a multi-year mitigation effort in East
St. Louis, Illinois, just across the river from St. Louis, Missouri.
Although most of the recovery effort is aimed a Cahokia-related
Mississippian sites, we are in the midst of recovering several
hundred privy and trash features related to working class occupation
of the area surrounding the old East St. Louis Stockyard complex.
Although there is some late nineteenth century material (ca.
1880-1900), an awful lof of the recoveries appear to relate to the
early twentieth century (ca. 1900-1930).
I am very interested in learning of any comparables in the published
or gray literature ... i.e., large-scale recoveries of urban working
class deposits, with particular interest in the ca. 1880-1930 period.
Any documents covering research designs, research questions, and/or
results would be of major interest.
Thanks in advance,
Mark
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Historic Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
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Champaign, IL 61820
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Fax: 217.244.7458
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