Histarch,



Because of the limited quantity on hand, a FREE field guide that provides

chronological identification for 15 different Hills Bros coffee can types

is available to practicing field archaeologists. At this time we can only

offer 1 copy per individual request, to ensure that the supply is

distributed to the widest possible audience. Please forward this message to

other interested parties that qualify.



   The Hills Bros. Coffee company was established in San Francisco,

   California in 1878, and produced the first vacuum packed coffee

   available on the market in 1900. Through time, the lithographic images

   and information on Hills Bros. cans changed in subtle yet distinctive

   ways, which were first discussed and illustrated in T. Carroll Wilson’s

   "A Background Story of Hills Bros. Coffee" (1967). This present field

   guide further refines the chronological attributes identified in these

   cans’ lithographic panels.  We decided the easiest way to provide this

   data was to produce images of the entire lithography of each unique can

   type produced between 1900 and 1963, which spans from the first year

   that a  Hills Bros. coffee tin can was produced to an arbitrarily

   selected end date associated with numerous technological changes in the

   cans’ manufacture.  The images in this field guide are meant to be

   compared to cans found at sites in the field, in order to help date a

   site’s occupation history. The guide is pocket sized, and produced on

   rite-in-the-rain paper to last longer in a field setting. What is gained

   is immediate information that can be used by the field archaeologist.

   Also, cans may then be left in the field rather than brought back to a

   lab and expensively curated and stored.



If you are intersted in receiving one, please reply back TO US (e-mail

addresses, below), NOT HISTARCH, with:



Name

Phone Number

Mailing Address





Best,



Robin





Robin O. Mills & Steve Lanford

Archaeologists - Eastern Interior Field Office

BLM-Fairbanks District Office

1150 University Ave.

Fairbanks, AK 99709

907-474-2359

907-474-2282 (fax)

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