Linda and Histarchers,
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    Christopher Murphy
 
Linda Derry wrote:
 
> Mary and Julia,
>
> Hi, this is Linda Derry in Alabama.
>  In response to your "Cleaning house" question:
>
> I was just reading the abstracts for the Southeastern archaeological
> conference (Nov '98) and noticed a paper by Mark Groover, Univesity of
> Tennessee called "Linking Historic Artifact Assemblages to household Cycles:
> An Example from the  Gibbs Site.   the abstract looks like the paper will be
> right up your alley and Mark always gives a good paper so it will probably
> be worth your time to contact him.  I don't have an email address for him
> but maybe someone else on line will be able to contribute this
> information?????
>
> My  thought is that it seems that many sites seem to have a major house
> cleaning when the Mother-in-law  "kicks the bucket."  Time for the new wife
> to get rid of all that old stuff and exert her own personality in the house
> hold.     I've also often wondered if a similar deposit might be found on
> sites where families were pulling up roots and moving "out west."   ( I
> mean, how much can you put in one of those covered wagons?)  Can't say that
> I've seen this anywhere but I 've often wondered about it.
>
> Also,  how about this:   At the very first SHA meeting I attended, way back
> in 1975 or 76 (Philadelphia meeting).  I heard a great paper on this very
> topic by Marley Brown  ( Mott farm)  - or at least that's how I remember it
> anyway - my memory not so good any more.    I thought this was so
> fascinating  and that was really the moment I decided historical archaeology
> was for me.
>
> And , hey, doesn't Deetz have some theory about the Georgian Mind set gone
> global that produces this deposal pattern world-wide?