I recently heard a very good paper at the MidAtlantic Archaeological
Conference by Rebecca Yamin
and a colleague on an historic tannery they found in New York City.  I
don't have her address with me now, but I'll send it to you.
 
Barbara Heath
Jefferson's Poplar Forest
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> TANNERIES:  Anyone know of a commercial historical tannery that has been
> investigated through historical archaeology?  I am in Pensacola, Florida
> where a large tannery was operated between about 1790-1820s in late
> colonial period.  It was operated in conjunction with the Paton, Leslie,
> Company headquartered here during the last period of Spanish ownership.
> The site is in an urban residential area but has been fairly well preserved.
> The standard literature is very sparse on archaeology of tanneries so I though
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>  I would ask the users of this list.
>
> Thanks,
> Judy Bense, Professor
> Sociology/Anthropology Department University of West Florida
> Pensacola, FL 32514
>