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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dedie Snow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Horseshoe help


> Greg,
>    I can state unequivocally that your friend's horseshoe is historic.
> Horses, equus/Equidae, had been gone for thousands of years in the New
> World/Southwest before they were (re)introduced by Spaniards in the 16th
> century.  Although I don't have it available at my fingertips, check Marc
> Simmons and Frank Turley's book on Colonial Blacksmithing in New Mexico
> (something akin to that).  Both Simmons and Turley are farriers and know
> whereof they speak.
>
> Cheers!
> Dedie Snow
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:28 PM
> Subject: Horseshoe help
>
>
>> A colleague of mine asked me to post this on HISTARCH for him. The
> following is his message.
>>
>> A horseshoe was found on a survey in northern New Mexico near El Moro
> National Monument.  First, does it date to the historical period?  Second,
> are there any other potentially diagnostic features? Pictures of the
> horseshoe can be viewed at http://www.sricrm.com/histarch/DSC01763.GIF and
> http://www.sricrm.com/histarch/DSC0174.GIF.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Robert Heckman
>> Statistical Research, Inc.
>> Tucson
>>
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