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