Marie,
 
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At 07:15 PM 12/14/1998 -0600, you wrote:
>At the First Spanish Presidio Santa Maria de Galve (1698-1722)in Pensacola,
>Florida on the Naval Air Station, European burials were encountered under
>the sparse remains of the church. In the analysis of one burial, a possible
>"shroud pin" was recovered.  It appears to be a brass straight pin with its
>head wrapped with thread.  The copper salts from the pin preserved the
>thread.  None of the burial clothes were recovered due to the soil
>conditions.  Does anyone have information on "shroud pins" and how they were
>used in the colonial period?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>Marie E. Pokrant
>Graduate Student
>The University of West Florida
>Pensacola, FL
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