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Date: | Tue, 23 Jan 1996 07:33:08 -0800 |
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You wrote:
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>Apologies for crossposting.....
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> In the course of excavating a turn of the 18/19th century
slave
>quarter we have uncovered a concentration of material that has been
>identified as possible bloomery slag. The material in question is
grey,
>burnt and slightly porous and in one case has partially vitrified; it
is
>rounded and bulbous in form. We would be grateful for any information
>that you could pass on about bloomery slag (and bloomeries in
general),
>especially images. If you don't want to reply to the group as a whole
then
>please respond to [log in to unmask] or snail mail to the address
below.
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>Thank-you
>Alasdair M. Brooks
>Archaeology Lab Supervisor
>Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
>PO Box 419
>Forest, VA 24551
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>tel: (804) 525-1806
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I worked on two 18th-19th period sites where we found copious amounts
of bloomery slag... Even wrote a couple of papers (unpublished other
than the local historical society) on bloomeries. Although I've moved
on to other interests, I'd still be interested in hearing about other
peoples work on the subject.
MB Williams
Dept. of Anthro., UMass-Amherst
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