You might want to contact David Starbuck  concering Shakers. 

  

Silas 



  

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From: "Ernest Everett Blevins" < blevins @ALUMNI. COFC . EDU > 
To: HISTARCH @ ASU . EDU 
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 4:50:15 PM 
Subject: Re: Archaeology of Communal Societies 

Check into Rugby Tennessee.  1880s Utopia type settlment .  I don't know if 
any archaeology is done there to date or not but its a community fitting 
your description. 
http :// www . historicrugby .org/ 

Ernie Blevins 

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Samantha Savory < dvjs @ iup . edu > wrote: 

> I have just begun researching a collection  that has a 
> transcendental/ foureuristic society component. I would appreciate some 
> extra sources that would help to provide a stronger background in past work 
> as well as  potential research avenues. 
> It was suggested that I should compare this site with Shaker Village 
> sites, because they were both prominent societies in the Northeast at the 
> same time. 
> I was considering looking at foodways , but the site had several 
> occupations. 
> 
> Comments and suggests would be welcomed. 
> 
> Thanks 
> Sam 
> 



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