I am just throwing this out there, but could it be a spindle? I don't have access to many resources where I am at the moment, but that's what it brings to mind for me.
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> On Aug 26, 2017, at 6:28 PM, Cyler Conrad <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> John, that's an interesting artifact!
>
> Dedie, no need to laugh at all :) I'm a bagpiper and it looks quite similar
> to a pipe mouthpiece. The odd factors are the additional holes drilled
> perpendicular through the shaft. Those holes would make the blowpipe
> essentially useless, and they are not present on any modern/historical
> pipes that I know of...if this artifact represented a chanter, it's
> possible that you would find holes drilled through the shaft, but they
> should only appear on one side.
>
> I know Galician gaitas vary in design from Scottish (highland) pipes,
> especially in their drone structure, but these basic characteristics should
> be the same. So I would be surprised, but also excited, if this was from a
> bagpipe...I suspect though that it represents something else!
>
> Now you've inspired me to want to understand the archaeological record for
> bagpipes!
>
> Take care,
> Cyler
>
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> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Anthropology
> University of New Mexico
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>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Dedie Snow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> John, et al.
>> Please don't laugh, but my immediate reaction upon looking at the
>> photographs of the unidentified artifact from the Tristan de Luna site was
>> that the object is the mouthpiece for a bagpipe. The problem is, I don't
>> play the bagpipe or even have one close at hand for comparison. According
>> to Wikipedia though, the Galician gaita was popular in Galicia and northern
>> Portugal from the 9th century on. Now that I've gone way out on a limb,
>> I'd love to know what your unidentified object really is.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dedie Snow
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of John Worth
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 7:57 PM
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>> Subject: Artifact ID question: Luna settlement site, Pensacola
>>
>> I'd like to request help or suggestions regarding an unusual copper-alloy
>> object that was found in general midden context at the Tristan de Luna
>> settlement site in Pensacola, Florida, and which may therefore date to the
>> mid-16th century (and would thus join our substantial and growing
>> assemblage of Spanish materials from the expedition). However, it might
>> also derive from 20th-century occupation in the same vicinity, possibly
>> resulting from bioturbation from above. The object is thick-walled and
>> heavy, perhaps cast bronze, and has a narrow hole at the ball-shaped tip,
>> as well as two narrow holes just below the tip at different positions on
>> opposite sides. It also has a larger hole off-center in the base, which
>> seems broken off, and which has localized corrosion traces around the
>> base. Despite its appearance, my impression is that it is too light and
>> small to be a nautical sounding weight, and it is too heavy to be some sort
>> of whistle (two of the suggestions that have been made).
>>
>> The object is pictured in the album here:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/johneworth/albums/72157685583409904
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
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>> Professor, Department of Anthropology
>> University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
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