Smoke,
I, too, would be very appreciative to receive a copy of your lead shot
tables. Our main concentration in the Augusta State University
Archaeology Laboratory is the Augusta Arsenal Archaeological Site
(9Ri1045). Would be most helpful. Thanks much.
Janet Jordan
Jon Van Beckum wrote:
>Smoke,
>
>Could you please send me a copy of your lead shot tables? I did my
thesis on a 19th century military fort, and that table may help out
with a paper on the fort.
>
>Thank you very much!
>Jon Van Beckum
>[log in to unmask]
>MS 2006 UW-Milwaukee
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:01:06 -0700
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: HISTARCH Digest - 15 Apr 2008 to 16 Apr 2008 (#2008-87)
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> There are 3 messages totalling 192 lines in this issue.
>>
>> Topics of the day:
>>
>> 1. Lead Ball Conversion Table
>> 2. stochastic models of sedimentary processes
>> 3. UCLA Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:31:17 -0500
>> From: Marsha King <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Lead Ball Conversion Table
>>
>> Smoke,
>>
>> I would love to have a copy of your table of shot sizes!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>>
>> Marsha K. King, Archeologist II
>> Environmental Services Section, Bureau of Design
>> Kansas Department of Transportation
>> Eisenhower State Office Building, 700 SW Harrison St.
>> Topeka, KS 66603-3745
>> Phone - 785-296-8414 Fax - 785-296-8399
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Smoke
>> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:27 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Lead Ball Conversion Table
>>
>> I am writing a book on cartridges for Left Coast Press. I have a table
>> on
>> all of the shot sizes (American, British, and European) and have
>> illustrations of bore diameters (which will only come out in the book).
>> I
>> can send the shot size table to anyone who wants it. If you use it
>> reference it as personal communitcation. It has diameter in mm and
>> inches,
>> lead pellet weight in grains, lead pellets per ounce, and steel pellets
>> per
>> ounce.
>>
>> I think 98% of all shot from historical sites has gone through the 1/4
>> inch
>> dry screen. I have been shooting, reloading and casting my own bullets
>> for
>> more than 35 years.
>>
>> Smoke
>>
>>
>> On 4/12/08, Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey Guys,
>> >
>> > Although I'd be very surprised to learn that I was the first person
to
>> do
>> > this, here goes:
>> >
>> > Given the frequency of finding round lead ball and shot on historic
>> sites,
>> > and the fact that it has often been distorted in use, making it
>> difficult to
>> > accurately measure, I came up with an Excel table that allows you to
>> simply
>> > weigh the large shot or ball, and determine gauge and/or caliber. Of
>> > course, this assumes the shot or ball was originally round and is
>> still
>> > essentially whole ...
>> >
>> > I created the conversion table to range from 1-200 Gauge or 1.671 -
>> 0.28
>> > caliber, which should cover most anything firearms-related (and even
>> small
>> > cannon :-) ). I realize that there were 2 and 4 gauge market
>> shotguns out
>> > there, but it would be unlikely for them to be shooting solid
>> full-bore
>> > projectiles. By the same token, anything smaller than .28 caliber
>> would
>> > almost certainly fall into the buckshot or shotgun pellet range,
where
>> > caliber measurement would be largely unnecessary.
>> >
>> > Note that I have cross-referenced GAUGE, CALIBER, GRAIN WGT, GRAM
>> WEIGHT,
>> > and ROUNDED GRAM WEIGHT and ROUNDED CALIBER. This should
>> cross-correlate
>> > with historic sources, as well as modern literature, and lab data.
>> >
>> > I have not added information about standard sizes of buckshot,
shotgun
>> > pellets, etc., as that data is pretty readily available on the web
>> > (Wikipedia).
>> >
>> > If anybody wants a copy, please send me an e-mail and I will forward.
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > P.S. Again, if somebody has already done this in a easily accessible
>> > format, just ignore.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Mark C. Branstner, RPA
>> > Historic Archaeologist
>> >
>> > Illinois Transportation
>> > Archaeological Research Program
>> > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>> > 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
>> > 23 East Stadium Drive
>> > Champaign, IL 61820
>> >
>> > Phone: 217.244.0892
>> > Fax: 217.244.7458
>> > Cell: 517.927.4556
>> > [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> >
>> > "I hope there's pudding" - Luna Lovegood (HP5)
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Smoke Pfeiffer
>>
>> Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:55:55 +0200
>> From: geoff carver <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: stochastic models of sedimentary processes
>>
>> The usual apologies for x-posting, but I think I'm going to have to
cast far
>> & wide on this one:
>> I was looking through a book today on using stochastic methods to model
>> [geological] sedimentary processes and was wondering if anyone has
>> found/seen anything similar in the archaeological literature dealing
either
>> with sedimentation and/or with modeling post-depositional
transformations of
>> the archaeological assemblage itself?
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:40:01 -0700
>> From: D Martinez <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: UCLA Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School
>>
>> Dear Collegues and Friends,
>>
>> There are still a few spaces available in the Pimu Catalina Island
Archaeology
>> Field School, a new and innovative course that uses cutting edge
>> scientific tools in a collaborative research project with
>> Tongva/Gabrielino tribal members, the Santa Catalina Island
>> Conservancy and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA.
>>
>> Beginning June 22, 2008 and ending July 25, 2008, the field school
>> provides students with practical working knowledge of survey,
>> excavation, lab and cataloging methods while immersing them in the
>> 9,000 years of prehistoric martime history of the Tongva/Gabrielino
>> nation. Students will also learn about how to apply cultural resource
>> laws to public sector archaeological work.
>>
>> Situated just off the coast of Los Angeles, Catalina Island was
>> historically an important trading supply outpost for Southern
>> California and beyond. The field school is part of the on-going Pimu
>> Catalina Island Archaeological Project (PCIAP), which is working to
>> assess and protect archaeological sites on Catalina.
>>
>> Please see the website for more information:
>> http://www.archaeology.ucla.edu/Catalina/overview.htm.
>>
>> Although the website states that registration deadlines have passed,
>> contact Wendy Teeter at [log in to unmask] or at (310) 825- 1864 if
>> you would like to participate.
>>
>> Desiree Martinez
>> Co-Director, Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Field School
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
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>> **************************************************************
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