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Shane Burke <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Aug 2001 08:45:54 +0800
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Hello,

I tend to agree with David. A recent excavation of a police
station/courthouse in Guildford Western Australia unearthed hundreds
of brass straight pins that may have been associated with pinning
documents together.

Shane Burke

>Hello all:
>
>         I have noticed in some of my archival work that  early 19th century
>documents are pinned together.
>
>         Just another use for straight pins that should be considered.
>
>David Hayes
>St. Croix, Virgin Islands

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Shane Burke,
Centre for Archaeology,
University of Western Australia,
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Western Australia, 6009
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