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Hello all:
I can't recall the exact source and I'm out in the
woods right now. I think it was an older article by
either Ivor or Audrey Noel Hume. I'd check the old
"Artifacts of Colonial America" book as well.
The fear is that the diameter of the bore will
increase slightly when it approaches the opening at
the bowl of the pipe. Smoke outlines the reasons in
his posting (due to the use of a wire during the
manufacturing process).
Including such numbers in the larger sample may result
in an estimated Binford date that predates the mean
occupation of the site, if you are into such things.
Or it may skew the Harrington histogram towards the
larger bore sizes.
I do not recall any details about stats or specific
numbers in the orginal discussion, however. A study
of bore variation with a good sample size would make a
very interesting research project.
Best wishes,
Dane Magoon
--- "Brodeur, Julie" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brodeur, Julie
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:58 AM
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> Subject <mailto:[log in to unmask]> : pipestem
> bore diameters
>
> While reading Deetz and Deetz The Times of Their
> Lives I paused at the
> passages describing how J.C. Harrington developed
> his method for measuring
> pipe stem bore diameters. Deetz and Deetz recount
> that Harrington first made
> his observations on bowls that had a portion of the
> stem visible. In our
> labs it has been the tradition that we not use the
> bore diameters at this
> juncture so close to the bowl; the rational was that
> it will give us an
> inaccurate measurement. No one here can remember
> exactly who, when or why
> this convention began in our labs and I've not been
> able to come up with any
> documentation for the practice. Therefore I am
> turning to the list for
> input. Is there a basis in the 50 year history of
> the development and
> refinement of Harrington's method for not using the
> bore diameters close to
> the bowl? Or are we following an erroneous
> convention?
>
> Julie L Hartman-Brodeur
> Staff Archaeologist
> Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
> (860) 396-6951 [log in to unmask]
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