Hi Adam,

I partially excavated a jabonería or soap manufacturing works at the Dana
Adobe site in Nipomo, CA. Send me your off site email address and I will
send you a thumbnail report I drafted that discusses the fats butchered from
cattle on the matanza and the various uses of different types of fat
including those for manufacturing soap.

 Thomas Wheeler

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Subject: Bones and soap

Dear HISTARCH,

My apologies for resending this.  I had forgotten to change the subject of
my previous email, which may cause it to go unnoticed.

I am trying to find any publications on soap making in the historic period,
particularly anything dealing with faunal remains.  From my understanding,
fats used in soap production would have been more likely to use subcutaneous
fats like lard. 
I am trying to address an anonymous claim that bones would have been boiled
for grease to make soap, but I am not familiar with such research.

Thanks to Bob Skiles for the incredible reference, and any more would be
appreciated.

Thanks, Adam Heinrich 		 	   		  =