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An Arizona reference to "Mormon" archaeology is:
Ferg. Alag, William H. Liesenbein, Peter J. Pilles, and Pamela Haas
1988 Historical Archaeology at Joseph City, Arizona. The Arizona Archaeologist
No. 22, Arizona Archaeological Society, Phoenix.
Joseph City was founded in 1876 and was occupied until 1896. Investigations expl
ored a trash dump area associated with the site. Here is a quote from pp. 91-92:
The recovery of beer bottles, patent-medicine bottles and a tobacco pipe stem at
the Old Fort initially seemed incongruous with the well known Mormon practice o
f abstinence from alcohol, coffee, tea and tobacco. However an examination of th
e history of Mormon adherence to the "Word of Wisdom" makes it clear that such i
tems should not be unexpected on early Mormon sites, particularly on frontier si
tes.
Ferg provides the following reference that examines use of alcohol and tobacco a
mong early Mormons:
Peterson, Paul H.
1972 An Historical Analysis of the Word of Wisdom. Unpublished Master's thesis
, Department of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
The idea that certain people might want to prevent archaeology in Salt Lake City
to avoid finding certain artifacts is interesting. I was told a story about a d
ig at a famous (now deceased) politician's parents home in Arizona where veneral
disease medication bottles were found in an outhouse. Needless to say, this rep
ort was never published.
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