On line it is!

Preliminary IDs include cow, pig, and sheep/goat, and others. Includes heads and feet. Lee Sweitz will scold me for not using technical terms, but all the IDs are preliminary as things came out of the mud. 

The bones are of interest, but what we are wondering is about space for the activity. This is in a yard between a group of probable boarding houses, 1850-1860ish, near a barn. All that is totally preliminary also, however. We just wrapped in the field. 

Have people found floors? If yes, how were they constructed? How maintained? Sizes? Residues?

And because my students will ask me, yes I searched the histarch archive before posting my request:
https://lists.asu.edu/
Most of the discussions were interesting, but concerned with the bone analyses. 

Thanks.
Tim Scarlett
Industrial Heritage and Archaeology
Michigan Technological University. 


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On Jul 3, 2012, at 11:29 PM, "T. Arron Kotlensky" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Tim,
> 
> Are you able to determine at this point what faunae you have in front of
> you?  And can you tell if it's an operation for butchering livestock for
> human consumption or perhaps a knacker's yard?  I worked on an evaluation of
> a rural horse vet barn/knackery in Indiana in 2008 and would be happy to
> pass along our results if it'll help your cause.
> 
> 
> -T. Arron Kotlensky, RPA
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> My colleagues and I think we uncovered an 1850-1860s butchery area where
> animals were slaughtered and initial butchery occurred. 
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone has excavated a slaughtering activity area before,
> as a specifically designed area outside or alongside a barn. I would like to
> read about construction details and workspace arrangements. 
> 
> Off list might be best. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
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