Here is a book I reviewed for Historical Archaeology

Pfeiffer, Michael A.
  1996  Review of: The Complete Horseshoeing Guide (second edition), by Robert
        F. Wiseman.  University of Oklahoma Press.  Historical Archaeology
        30(3):97-98.

I remembered that I really enjoyed the book but don't have it here at
the ofice or HA.  They only have reviews on the SHA website from 2000
onward.

Back to the Salt Mines!

:-)


On 8/2/07, Roderick Sprague <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> HISTARCH
>
> What Smoke failed to mention is that the reason he was empowered to
> return the rubber horseshoe to Moscow was because it was covered with
> horse manure.  It still resides in the comparative collection, sans manure.
>
> My first choice for horseshoe analysis is:
>
> Lungwitz, A., and John W. Adams
> 1966   A Textbook of Horseshoeing for Horseshoers and
> Veterinarians.  Oregon State University Press, Corvallis: Translation
> by Adams 1904 of Lungwitz 1884.
>
> Many Land Grant schools still have wall displays of horseshoes.  The
> defunct Diamond Caulk  Horseshoe Company also distributed a display
> of horseshoes (actually pony shoes to save space) to anyone
> asking.  Both of these sources were still found at the University of
> Idaho the last I checked.
>
> Rick
>
> At 06:05 PM 8/2/2007, you wrote:
> >In addition to all of the other constructive replies, remember to
> >consult a farrier!  There were specialized shoes for ice and snow
> >(and I know South Island has that) as well as specialized shoes for
> >mud.  Horses' feet come in different sizes just like "people
> >feet".  Also, a good farrier can make specialized shoes for horses
> >with gait problems other physical problems.  I remember an SHA in
> >New Orleans back in the early 80s when I walking around swilling
> >beer (in a gentile fashion) with Karlis Karklins and Rick Sprague
> >and Rick found a special rubber shoe that the carriage horses had to
> >wear on the streets of New Orleans.  I was "empowered" to take it
> >back to the Lab of Anthro comparative collection.
> >
> >Smoke
>


-- 
Smoke Pfeiffer

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every
form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Thomas Jefferson
(Carved at the base of the dome, interior of the Jefferson Memorial,
Washington, D.C.)