At the request of Jane Brown, the following is a list of references dealing with excavation of blacksmith shops/sites received from my query earlier. A good portion of these comes from John Light s Guide to Research in the History of Blacksmithing: Angela McGowan, Excavations at Lithend, Port Arthur Historic Site, Occasional Paper No. 11, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hobart, Tasmania, 1985. Alaric Faulkner and Gretchen Faulkner, The French at Pentagoet 1635-1674, Special Publications of the New Bruswick Museum and Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology, Maine Archaeological Commission. Alaric Faulkner, Maintenance and Fabrication at Fort Pentagoet 1635-1654: Products of an Acadian Armorer's Workshop, in: Approaches to Material Culture: Research for Historical Archaeologists, comp. G.L. Miller, O.R. Jones, L.A. Ross, and T. Majewski, The Society for Historical Archaeology, California, Pennsylvania, 1991. Light, John D. and Henry Unglik, A Frontier Fur Trade Blacksmith Shop, 1796-1812, Studied in Archaeology, Architecture and History, rev. ed., National Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1987 Light, John D., John Stewart and Louis Laflhche, Identification of Work Areas in the Fort St. Joseph Smithy, Research Bulletin, No. 111, National Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1979 Light, John D., Recycled Files, Research Bulltein, No. 285, National Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1991 ----------------, The Archaeological Investigation of Blacksmith Shops, Industrial Archaeology, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1984 Light, John D. and William N.T. Wylie, A Guide to Research in the History of Blacksmithing, Research Bulltein, No. 243, National Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1986 Ortega, Juan B., Blacksmithing Practices, International Cooperation Administration, Washington, D.C., 1957 Conway, Thor, Point aux Pins Archaeology; Woodland and Historic Components, Collected Archaeological Papers, Archaeological Research Report 13, ed. David S. Melvin, Historical Planning and Research Branch, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, Toronto, 1980 Ambrose, Mary T., The Myrtle Blacksmith Shop. BaGr-23, Manuscript on file, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and Ministry of Culture and Recreation, Government of Ontario, Toronto, 1985 Barka, Norman F., The Archaeology of Fort Lennox, Ile-Aux-Noix, Quebec, 1964 Season, Manuscript Report Series No. 190, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1977 Chism, James V., Excavations at Lower Fort Garry, 1965-1967: A General Description of Excavations and Preliminary Discussions, Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History - No. 5, Canadian Historic Sites, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1972 -------------------, Report Interim Relative to Reconstruction of the Blacksmith Shops at Lower Fort Garry, Manuscript Report Series, No. 11, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1968 Harrington, Jean C., Archaeological Excavations at the Webb Blacksmith & Wagon Shop (127-4), Nauvoo, Illinois, 1967-1968, Manuscript on file, Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., Nauvoo, Illinois, March 1969 Kidd, Kenneth E., The Excavation of St. Marie I, University of Toronto Press, Canada, 1949 Korvemaker, E. Frank, Archaeological Excavations at the Roma Site, Brundell Point, P.E.I., 1968-1970, Manuscript Report Series No. 442, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1980 Miller, George L., A Report on the Artifacts from the Edwin Webb Blacksmiths Shop, Manuscript on file, Nauvoo Restoration, Inc., Nauvoo, Illinois, n.d. Ritchie, Clarence F., Jones Falls Blacksmith Shop: Preliminary Artifact Analysis, Miscellaneous Archaeological Reports, Ontario Region, 1978-1981, Microfiche Report Series 18, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1983 Stark, Harley, Archaeological Research at Jones Falls Lockstation, Rideau Canal, 1978, Miscellaneous Archaeological Reports, Ontario Region, 1978-1981, Microfiche Report Series 18, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1983 Warrack, Mark, Historic Naval and Military Establishments, 1817-1856, Archaeological Report, 1974 and Archaeological Report, 1978-1979, Manuscripts on file, Huronia Historical Parks, Midland, Ontario, Canada, n.d. Lenik, Edward J., Excavations at Charlotteburg Middle Forge, Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey, Spring/Summer, 1974 Ross, Lester A., Bryn Thomas, Charles H. Hibbs and Caroline D. Carley, Fort Vancouver Excavations - X: Southeast Fort Area, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 1975 McDonnel, Gerry, Tap Slags and Hearth Bottoms, or How to Identify Slags, Current Archaeology, No. 86, Vol. VIII, No. 3, March 1983 Pat [log in to unmask]