Barb, I'd be happy to help in any way I can. Give me a shout anytime. Karlis
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:45 PM Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Karlis, thanks very much for sharing this. This is a really good point,
> and one that we hadn't considered in our preliminary interpretations. We'll
> be working more on analyzing the Cangdong assemblage this summer; may I
> contact you for more information if additional questions come up about the
> flints?
>
>
> --Barb
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of
> Karlis Karklins
> Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 9:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: archaeology of Chinese migrants' home villages
>
> Hi Barbara,
>
> Very interesting and important project, and an excellent and informative
> video as well. I do, however, have some doubts about the interpretation in
> the video of the "gunflints." While they may have been sold as such, the
> extreme battering exhibited by all the specimens shown suggests that they
> were primarily used as strike-a-lights with a fire steel to start fires.
> It is, of course, possible they were initially used in flintlock firearms
> and then used to start fires; cheaper than matches. This was a common
> practice in North America, especially at remote locations such as fur trade
> posts and frontier sites during the flintlock era, and I'm pretty sure this
> was done elsewhere as well. Flints used in firearms generally only exhibit
> concussion scars on the striking edge or edges (if a double-edged flint).
> Once the striking edge became blunted or was severely chipped (which could
> happen the first time it was used), it was useless for firearms so finding
> severely battered flints suggests a use other than that, at least at the
> end of their life. It should also be pointed out that both the British and
> French flintknappers produced actual strike-a-lights shaped much like
> gunflints so that cannot be ruled out either.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Karlis
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 11:04 AM Barbara Voss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues (with apologies for cross-posting),
> >
> > For the past five years, I have been part of a transnational,
> > interdisciplinary team of researchers who have been using historical
> > archaeology techniques to investigate the home villages of 19th
> > century Chinese migrants.
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce the public launch of the website for our first
> > project - the Cangdong Village Project (https://cangdong.stanford.edu/).
> >
> > In 2016 and 2017, we conducted surface survey and subsurface testing
> > of deposits from the late Qing (1875-1912) and Early Republic
> > (1912-1927) periods. We are now analyzing the recovered artifacts and
> > ecofacts to learn how village residents were affected by migration,
> > and to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural backgrounds of
> > Chinese who immigrated to the United States in the 19th century.
> > The highlight of the website is filmmaker Barre Fong's documentary,
> > "Making Ties: The Cangdong Village Project." You can view a trailer
> > here (
> > https://vimeo.com/326082052) and the full-length film is streaming on
> > the project website (https://cangdong.stanford.edu/documentary-film).
> >
> > A short article about the Cangdong Village Project is available at:
> > https://news.stanford.edu/2019/04/02/digging-clues-lives-19th-century-
> > chinese-migrants/
> > .
> >
> > We'll continue to develop the website in the weeks ahead, adding full
> > Chinese translation to the website and to the documentary, an English
> > language technical report of our investigation, and a teaching guide
> > with lesson plans for classroom viewings of the documentary film.
> >
> > Because this project is among the first archaeological studies of
> > Chinese migrants' home villages, we are committed to full public
> > access to our research results. To that end, all materials on the
> > Cangdong Village Project website are released under a Creative Commons
> > Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license, so they can be freely
> > downloaded, streamed, shared, and distributed.
> >
> > Please help us spread the word about this resource to colleagues and
> > students who may be interested.
> >
> > My heartfelt thanks to the three partner organizations (Guangdong
> > Qiaoxiang Cultural Research Center at Wuyi University, the Guangdong
> > Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and the
> > Stanford Archaeology Center), project funders, cooperating
> > organizations, team members, and especially the residents of Cangdong
> > Village who so warmly welcomed our research team.
> >
> > --Barb
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Barbara L. Voss, Associate Professor
> > Department of Anthropology
> > 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 50, Main Quad
> > Stanford University
> > Stanford CA 94305-2034
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