We have done work on numerous oil fields, both recording and testing historical archaeological sites associated with their development (work camps) and evaluating the actual fields.   I also have about 1/2 dozen other reports for oil field studies in California and Pennsylvania.  These are gray literature reports.  Sam can contact me or come up to our office to look them over.


-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]>
To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 10:14 pm
Subject: query re: petroleum fields archaeology


Dear Hist-Arch'ers, 

 

I am posting this on behalf of a graduate student in our program, Sam
Holley-Kline. Sam is developing his dissertation project at a
prehistoric/historic site in Mexico that is located within a historic oil
field. He is trying to develop a context for this research and is looking
for case studies that touch either of two related issues:

 

1) Historical archaeology or historical preservation studies of the historic
petroleum fields and facilities themselves; and 

 

2) Other archaeological research (on non-petroleum sites and features) that
has been conducted within historic and modern oil fields.

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have; you can respond to Sam
directly at [log in to unmask] or I can forward him any responses that are
posted to the list.

 

All my best,

--Barb

 

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Barbara L. Voss, Associate Professor

Department of Anthropology

450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 50, Main Quad

Stanford University

Stanford CA 94305-2034

650 723-3421 (dept office)

650 725-0605 (fax)

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