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based on recoveries of a refuse pit and a privy at a span/am war camp
1898.lime was used to speed the break down of organic matter and odor
control in the privy as well as the remnants of cattle and swine tissue on
bones that were discarded in the refuse dump...the only difference being in
quanity of the lime layer and the depth of the layer at each feature..this
was done as a random level based on the extent of use for each feature and
was not standard in anyway..barrel hoops were recovererd from one privy
excavated at a depth of 1 meter..no wood was located in this feature
assosciated with a barrel.and was concluded that the hoops were a random
discard into the feature.
Kris Oswald
Historical Reasearch Services
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen P. Austin <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: Rain barrels
> The common practice for outhouse pits was to throw a handful of lime in it
> on occasion. Coal ash was also used. We had a bin in the shed next to
the
> outhouse with a barrel of lime in it. Also used it in the horses stalls.
>
> Stephen P. Austin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith R Doms" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Rain barrels
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> > The University of Delaware Center for Archaeological research excavated
a
> > mid to late 19th C. rural free black house set on wooden piers in New
> > Castle Co., Delaware. At one corner of the house just below the
plowzone
> > ( the whole site had been plowed) we excavated an iron barrel hoop
> > surounding rotted wood and filled with lime. The PZ was about 10 inches
> > so the bottom of the barrel could have been set about a foot below
> > surface. This would have made the barrel very stable. Because of it's
> > very close proximity and location (at the corner) it was interpreted as
a
> > rain barrel. The lime might have been added to help seal the bottom of
> > the barrel.
> > Most of the photos I have seen of rain barrels show them at the
> > corrner of houses. I never noted if they were set on ground level or
> > slightly resesed/burried.
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