>I'll apreciate any information about manufacture marks on >olive jars necks.We have collected five different marks but >lack of any published or unpublished references about them. >They come fron XVII century contexts excavated at Panama >Viejo. Thanks so much, >Beatriz Rovira >Patronato Panama Viejo >E-mail: [log in to unmask] It was my impression, and I do not know if it is true, that a very large percentage of New World archaeological olive jars come from a very few towns in Cadiz province Spain. If this is the case, an examination of the notarial archives might be very interesting for identifying marks and related material. The notarial archives for Cadiz province are mostly at the provincial archive in Cadiz and are very complete for the centuries in question. Archaeological excavations in 15th/18th deposits in these towns might also be very useful. Lawrence H. Feldman [log in to unmask]