Howdy!

I'm working on a small project that involves some horse hoof trimmings
found on a glacier in Alaska, which are suspected to date to the Gold Rush
and the turn of the century. However, they could also be of more recent
origin. The trimmings were found with farrier's nails, but no shoe.

I know that sometimes very detailed typologies/chronologies have been made
for other types of construction nail, but not sure if such a thing exists
for horseshoeing equipment.If anyone on the listserv has experience with
nails like this, or can help point me towards some further reading, it
would be greatly appreciated! Pictures available on request.

Cheers,

Will

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William Taylor, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology
University of New Mexico
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