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From: "Katharine Watson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 8:41 PM
Subject: Nineteenth century brothels


> Hi,
> A friend of mine (without email) recently excavated a site in Queenstown,
> New Zealand that, based on the artefacts, he suspects may have been a
> brothel during the second half of the nineteenth century.  The assemblage
> was quite different from anything else that has been excavated in the
area.
> It contained a lot of opium tins, a relatively high proportion of cut
glass
> and a few perfume bottles.  He was interested to know what artefacts had
> been recovered from known nineteenth century brothels, or what other
> possible explanations might exist for this assemblage.
>
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
> Katharine Watson
>