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We excavated a site dating 1820 to 1950 where, according to archival sources
(such as police reports), there were brothels from late XIXth to early XXth
Centuries. Several house lots were excavated, so there was a possibility of
occupation levels associated with this activity. No material culture was
definitely attributed to the functional class of, say, leisure activities.
This doesn't of course mean there were no archaeological traces, but rather
that none were identified during preliminary analysis. I'm at home now, so I
don't have the precise reference, but I can put it on the net tomorrow.
Coincidentally, the site is located on what is now our brand spanking new
convention center. And, just as coincidentally, the first ads on the
commercial interactive computer system in the convention centre were
for...brothels, both male and female!
William Moss
City Archaeologist
Division design et patrimoine
Ville de Quebec
C.P. 700, Haute-Ville
Quebec (Quebec)
Canada, G1R 4S9
tel: 418-691-6869
fax: 418-691-7853
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