Smoke,
Could you please send me a copy of your lead shot tables? I did my thesis on a 19th century military fort, and that table may help out with a paper on the fort.
Thank you very much!
Jon Van Beckum
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MS 2006 UW-Milwaukee
> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:01:06 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: HISTARCH Digest - 15 Apr 2008 to 16 Apr 2008 (#2008-87)
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> There are 3 messages totalling 192 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. Lead Ball Conversion Table
> 2. stochastic models of sedimentary processes
> 3. UCLA Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School
>
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>
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:31:17 -0500
> From: Marsha King <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Lead Ball Conversion Table
>
> Smoke,
>
> I would love to have a copy of your table of shot sizes!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marsha
>
>
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>
> Marsha K. King, Archeologist II
> Environmental Services Section, Bureau of Design
> Kansas Department of Transportation
> Eisenhower State Office Building, 700 SW Harrison St.
> Topeka, KS 66603-3745
> Phone - 785-296-8414 Fax - 785-296-8399
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Smoke
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Lead Ball Conversion Table
>
> I am writing a book on cartridges for Left Coast Press. I have a table
> on
> all of the shot sizes (American, British, and European) and have
> illustrations of bore diameters (which will only come out in the book).
> I
> can send the shot size table to anyone who wants it. If you use it
> reference it as personal communitcation. It has diameter in mm and
> inches,
> lead pellet weight in grains, lead pellets per ounce, and steel pellets
> per
> ounce.
>
> I think 98% of all shot from historical sites has gone through the 1/4
> inch
> dry screen. I have been shooting, reloading and casting my own bullets
> for
> more than 35 years.
>
> Smoke
>
>
> On 4/12/08, Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Guys,
> >
> > Although I'd be very surprised to learn that I was the first person to
> do
> > this, here goes:
> >
> > Given the frequency of finding round lead ball and shot on historic
> sites,
> > and the fact that it has often been distorted in use, making it
> difficult to
> > accurately measure, I came up with an Excel table that allows you to
> simply
> > weigh the large shot or ball, and determine gauge and/or caliber. Of
> > course, this assumes the shot or ball was originally round and is
> still
> > essentially whole ...
> >
> > I created the conversion table to range from 1-200 Gauge or 1.671 -
> 0.28
> > caliber, which should cover most anything firearms-related (and even
> small
> > cannon :-) ). I realize that there were 2 and 4 gauge market
> shotguns out
> > there, but it would be unlikely for them to be shooting solid
> full-bore
> > projectiles. By the same token, anything smaller than .28 caliber
> would
> > almost certainly fall into the buckshot or shotgun pellet range, where
> > caliber measurement would be largely unnecessary.
> >
> > Note that I have cross-referenced GAUGE, CALIBER, GRAIN WGT, GRAM
> WEIGHT,
> > and ROUNDED GRAM WEIGHT and ROUNDED CALIBER. This should
> cross-correlate
> > with historic sources, as well as modern literature, and lab data.
> >
> > I have not added information about standard sizes of buckshot, shotgun
> > pellets, etc., as that data is pretty readily available on the web
> > (Wikipedia).
> >
> > If anybody wants a copy, please send me an e-mail and I will forward.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > P.S. Again, if somebody has already done this in a easily accessible
> > format, just ignore.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mark C. Branstner, RPA
> > Historic Archaeologist
> >
> > Illinois Transportation
> > Archaeological Research Program
> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> > 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
> > 23 East Stadium Drive
> > Champaign, IL 61820
> >
> > Phone: 217.244.0892
> > Fax: 217.244.7458
> > Cell: 517.927.4556
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > "I hope there's pudding" - Luna Lovegood (HP5)
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Smoke Pfeiffer
>
> Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:55:55 +0200
> From: geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: stochastic models of sedimentary processes
>
> The usual apologies for x-posting, but I think I'm going to have to cast far
> & wide on this one:
> I was looking through a book today on using stochastic methods to model
> [geological] sedimentary processes and was wondering if anyone has
> found/seen anything similar in the archaeological literature dealing either
> with sedimentation and/or with modeling post-depositional transformations of
> the archaeological assemblage itself?
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:40:01 -0700
> From: D Martinez <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: UCLA Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School
>
> Dear Collegues and Friends,
>
> There are still a few spaces available in the Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology
> Field School, a new and innovative course that uses cutting edge
> scientific tools in a collaborative research project with
> Tongva/Gabrielino tribal members, the Santa Catalina Island
> Conservancy and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
>
> Beginning June 22, 2008 and ending July 25, 2008, the field school
> provides students with practical working knowledge of survey,
> excavation, lab and cataloging methods while immersing them in the
> 9,000 years of prehistoric martime history of the Tongva/Gabrielino
> nation. Students will also learn about how to apply cultural resource
> laws to public sector archaeological work.
>
> Situated just off the coast of Los Angeles, Catalina Island was
> historically an important trading supply outpost for Southern
> California and beyond. The field school is part of the on-going Pimu
> Catalina Island Archaeological Project (PCIAP), which is working to
> assess and protect archaeological sites on Catalina.
>
> Please see the website for more information:
> http://www.archaeology.ucla.edu/Catalina/overview.htm.
>
> Although the website states that registration deadlines have passed,
> contact Wendy Teeter at [log in to unmask] or at (310) 825- 1864 if
> you would like to participate.
>
> Desiree Martinez
> Co-Director, Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School
>
> ------------------------------
>
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