Dallas, under seperate cover I am sending you the 2008 Historical
Archaeology in Arizona: A Research Guide. It lists quite a few reports
on ranching sites.  One of the SHPO Context Studies it lists is:
Cattle Ranching in Arizona.  That should keep you out of trouble for
the rest of the day.  :-)

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:45 PM, dallas ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Howdy Fellow HISTARCH listerv members,
>
>      My name is Dallas and I am a graduate student in Heritage Management
> at Texas Tech University.  I work primarily in Historical Archaeology and
> am currently working on a west Texas cowboy site.  I have two questions
> that hopefully some of you may be of assistance with.
>      First, do any of you now of any papers or reports related to ranching
> or cowboy archaeology?  I have only been able to locate a couple and this
> seems strange to me, am I just missing something or are publications of
> this sort just rare?  I have the Fontanna - Johnny Ward's Ranch (1962), THC
> - Walker Ranch report by Scurlock (1973), and one from U of A McGuire -
> Rancho Punta de Agua (1979).  I also have a CRM report out of Nevada but it
> was little help.  If anyone could offer suggestions or assistance with
> sources I would greatly appreciate it.
>      Second, the cowboy camp has a large quantity of 45 caliber cartridges
> without head stamps.  Does this mean they are loading their own maybe at
> the headquarters?  If so I have been unable to find a source in support of
> this theory.
>      I greatly appreciate any help or insight.  Unfortunately due to
> confidentiality issues I am unable to supply any pics or much of a
> description beyond the vague description of a cowboy camp, possibly a
> line-camp in western Texas dating to approximately 1890.  Thanks in advance
> for your responses.
>
> -Dallas Ward



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