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Carl,
A few one-hole bone buttons were recovered in a pre-1835 trash deposit from
Fort Guijarros (CA-SDI-12,000) at Ballast Point, San Diego, California. We
also found cattle rib bones that were cut with round button blanks. This was a
Spanish Army cannon battery directly on the entrance to San Diego Bay and the
Pacific Ocean. The Spanish built the battery in 1796 and the Monterrey
Polychrome, Mexican Majolica pottery found in context with the one-hole buttons
suggests a post-1800 date for the deposit.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
In a message dated 12/22/2008 7:34:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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Hi all.
I have found numerous examples of one hole bone buttons at Fort Johnson, SC
(38CH69.com) along with blanks and fragments indicating local manufacture.
The context dates between 1790 and 1810, but some earlier ceramics were seen.
Stan South found these in Rev War to War of 1812 contexts at Fort Moultrie,
and Judy Bense reported them in her late period (1750-1821) in Pensacola. All
of these are military sites. My 1830s to 1860s contexts have machine made
bone buttons (4-5 hole).
Has anyone looked into this practice? Is it a military thing primarily? I've
seen them on domestic sites, but not with evidence of manufacture. Google
was not extremely helpful...
?thanks, Carl Steen
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