Histarchers,

        I am currently working with a small piece of fabric found attached to the
anterior surface of a child's tibia.  The fabric and tibia are part of a
surface collection of remains and mortuary materials trenched through
during a local construction project here in the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan.  The cemetery itself appears to have been in use from
c.1848-1864, although no concrete evidence as to inception and end use has
come to light.
        Basically, I am looking for articles on fabrics to compare it to.  I think
it is a small fragment of a pair of wool trousers, but I am not ruling out
some sort of coffin lining.  Thanks in adavance.

Yours,



Michael LaRonge
Masters Candidate
Industrial Archaeology Program
Social Sciences Department
Michigan Technological University
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Houghton, Michigan 49931
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