Daniel H. Weiskotten wrote: > > Have no data of myne own regarding shroud pins in burials, but I am > wondering what, besides that it was found in a burial context, > differentiates a shroud pin from a pin for other purposes. I've seen pins > of the 18th and 19th centuries binding cloth, manuscripts, plant specimens, > ... even excavated a bunch of them on the 18th century contexts at Belair > Mansion in Bowie MD (JGG do you recall these?) and have seen them in other > assemblages of many periods. > > Dan W. Placement. -- Steve Boxley, Ja.T., M.N. The Virginia Foundation for Archaeological Research, Inc. [log in to unmask]