Buckles, 1250-1800

Buckles, 1250-1800

Author: Ross Whitehead

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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A wide range of documentary and pictorial sources indicate how buckles were used on personal dress, and archaeological and metal-detector discoveries augment this knowledge. This book is a handy guide to identification that will be as useful to curators as collectors. The price guide has been updated for this 3rd edition.


Relic Quest

Relic Quest

Author: Stephen L. Moore

Publisher: RAM Publishing

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780981899190

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Relic Quest is a must-have reference book for the relic hunter that teaches the basics of metal detectors and searchcoils, hunting techniques, proper research and recovery methods. It contains practical advice for how to locate productive relic sites and how to perform field reconnaissance of a site. Areas of hunting focus include Civil War, American Revolution, Texas Revolution, the Colonial Period, frontier wars, old home sites and even underwater relic hunting advice.


Buckles

Buckles

Author: Gillian Meredith

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-11-20

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 0747811849

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The humble buckle is an often-taken for granted fastening, yet its usefulness and sturdiness has ensured that it has survived from ancient times through to the present day. The author provides a comprehensive typology of buckles, from the earliest designs to the most recent uses. With detailed records of the types of buckles from different historical periods and listings of museums where they can be found, this book offers the re-enactor essential guidance for period costumes, and provides the collector or enthusiast with the information needed to continue or begin to learning about this enduring and practical object.


A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America

A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America

Author: Ivor Noël Hume

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2001-06-15

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780812217711

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Back in print, this is the most accurate and useful reference for identifying Anglo-American colonial artifacts.


Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification

Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification

Author: Daniel M. Sivilich

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806151588

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Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide traces the history of musket balls and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles and in nonlethal alterations. Sivilich asks--and answers--a variety of questions to demonstrate how a musket ball found in a military context can help to interpret the site: Was it fired? What did it hit? What type of gun is it associated with? Has it been chewed, and if so, by whom or what? Was it hammered into gaming pieces?


Go to Hull

Go to Hull

Author: Steve Reep

Publisher: Eastern Dakota Publishers

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780963998453

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