Susan: As Los Adaes is heavily influenced by French culture there may be something pertinent there.
French short hand for a toilet is lieu same as lugar. For what it's worth. French - Creoles had porte-
chambres (chamber pots) kept inside and dumped outside in the woods/streams/ some place down wind.
Insects and other critters re-cycle waste fast in these climes. We have no evidence of privies at Los Adaes as yet.  Thanks for asking the answers have been fun to read. Pete Gregory

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susan Walter [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: Lugares

What do you think - in a documented and known to be in use at that time as a KITCHEN?
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  From: Jake Ivey
  To: Susan Walter
  Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 9:14 AM
  Subject: Lugares


  Susan:
  I have descriptions from 18th c. mission inventories that refer to latrines as "lugares privativos" and "lugares de necesario privativo," approximately -- I'm not sure I'm remembering the Spanish exactly.  In general, "lugares" would probably be a short-hand reference to a privy.

  Jake





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