IRONWORKING AREA
In 2008 Krysta Ryzewski completed her PhD Dissertation, part of which included the results from this excavation. "Archaeology of a Colonial Industry: Domestic Ironworking and Industrial Evolution in Rhode Island, 1642-1800", is available on University Microfilms and through the Brown University Library. An excerpt from it can be viewed here: link

Slideshow of 2006 excavations: Ironworking Excavations

Archaeometallurgy of Rhode Island ironworking [link]

ironworking byproducts: slag, clinker, coal, corroded iron fragments