Hi John (and everybody else),
I'm eager to hear the answers to this query as I have nearly identical artifacts
from a 19th century hacienda in Puebla in Central Mexico (the dates for my
contexts would match your sawmill incidentally). I have no washers, and the
shafts of the rivets are mostly longer (though they come in different lengths)
and unflattened. Perhaps we have the same thing but mine haven't been used for
whatever they are used for yet.
Other than the exceptions listed above, they are identical to size, material,
even the raised star on the head. If you (or anyone else) would like photos of
mine, let me know. I'll locate them and send them along off list.
If anybody has replied off list, will you share their responses? I would LOVE
to know what these things are and have been meaning to send out this very query
for quite some time now.
Thanks!
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Terese Newman, PhD
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From: John Worth <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sat, June 4, 2011 7:46:25 AM
Subject: Copper alloy rivets
Dear all,
I'd appreciate some help dating and identifying some copper-alloy rivets we
have found on an 18th-century Florida mission site (Mission San Joseph de
Escambe, c1741-1761) which also has a nearby late 19th-century sawmill
(c1866-1884) which could also be associated with these items. Perhaps a
dozen sets of these rivets and washers were found in the upper level of a
single 1x1m unit at this pristine, unplowed site, in the immediate vicinity
of a large post-on-sill wall trench structure we have tentatively identified
as the Spanish cavalry barracks built in 1760 (the site was garrisoned for a
little over a year and a half; project blog linked below for additional
context about the site).
Here is the link to the photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pensacolacolonialfrontiers/
The shafts of the rivets are smooth, and the heads are plain except for one
with a raised star, shown in one of the pictures.
Thanks,
John Worth
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University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
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2011 Field School Blog: http://pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com/
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