I would like to thank those list members who have responded to my Tuesday query about glass & ceramics both on and off list. Apparently the Parks Canada Glass Glossary is a must (everyone mentioned it).
Again, thanks to all of you, this information will be valuable.
Chris Murphy
LOCKHART BILL wrote:
> Hi Histarchers and Chris,
>
> In addition to George's bibliography, here are some that I have
> found helpful for categorizing container glass from the 19th & 20th
> century.
>
> Bill
>
> Baugher-Perlin, Sherene
> 1982 "Analyzing Glass Bottles for Chronology, Function, and Trade Networks." In Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Progress, pp. 259-290. Edited by Roy S. Dickens. Academic Press, New York.
>
> Berge, Dale L.
> 1980 Simpson Springs Station: Historical Archaeology in Western Utah. Cultural Resource Series No. 6. Bureau of Land Management, Utah.
>
> Busch, Jane
> 1991 "Second Time Around: A Look at Bottle Reuse." In Approaches to Material Culture Research for historical Archaeologists, pp. 113-126. Society for Historic Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
>
> Downard, William L.
> 1980 Dictionary of the History of the American Brewing and Distilling Industries. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connicticut. [good for dating liquor and beer companies]
>
> Giarde, Jeffery L.
> 1980 Glass Milk Bottles: Their Makers and Marks. Time Travelers Press, Bryn Mawr, California. [Excellent collector's literature--includes marks missed by Toulouse]
>
> Hill, Sarah H.
> 1982 "An Examination of Manufacture-Deposition Lag for Glass Bottles from Late Historic Sites." In Archaeology of Urban America: The Search for Pattern and Progress, pp. 291-327. Edited by Roy S. Dickens. Academic Press, New York.
>
> Hull-Walski, Deborah and James E. Ayers
> 1989 The Historical Archaeology of Dam Construction Camps in Central Arizona., Volume 3: Laboratory Methods and Data Computerization. Dames & Moore, Phoenix. [lots of various 19th & 20th century bottle & ceramic dates]
>
> Lockhart, Bill
> 2000 Bottles on the Border: The History and Bottles of the Soft Drink Industry in El Paso, Texas, 1881-2000. Towsend Library, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo. http://alamo.nmsu.edu/~lockhart/EPSodas/ [sections discussing returnable soda bottles–dating charts for Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Dr Pepper bottles]
>
> Lockhart, Bill and Wanda Olszewski
> 1993 The El Paso Coliseum Collection: A Study of 20th Century Bottles. The County of El Paso, Texas and the University of Texas at El Paso.
>
> 1994 "Excavation and Analysis of a Nineteenth Century Bottle Pit in San Elizario, Texas." The Artifact 32(1):29-49.
>
> 1995 "The El Paso Coliseum Collection: A Study of 20th Century Bottles." The Artifact33(3):1-91. (revised version of 1993 study)
>
> Pastron, Allen G., Jack Prichett, and Marilyn Ziebarth
> 1981 Behind the Sea Wall: Historical Archaeology Along the San Francisco Waterfront. 3 Vols. Prepared for the San Francisco Clean Water Program. Archeo-Tec, San Francisco.
>
> Paul, John R. and Paul W. Parmalee
> 1973 Soft Drink Bottling: A History with Special Reference to Illinois. Illinois State Museum Society, Springfield, Ill. [good section on finish types]
>
> Schulz, Peter D., Betty J. Rivers, Mark M. Hales, Charles A. Litzinger, and Elizabeth A. McKee
> 1980 The Bottles of Old Sacremento: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Glass and Ceramic Retail Containers, Part I. California Archaeological Reports, No. 20. Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, California.
>
> Van Wieren, Dale
> 1995 American Breweries II. East Coast Brewiana Association, West Point, Pennsylvania. [*very* comprehensive dating of virtually all US breweries]
>
> Ward, Albert E., Emily K. Abbink, and John R. Stein
> 1977 "Ethnohistorical and Chronological Basis of the Navajo Material Culture." In Settlement and Subsistence Along the Lower Chaco River: -The CGP Survey, pp. 217- 278. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. [good bottle dating guide]
>
> Wilson, Bill and Betty
> 1968 Spirits Bottles of the Old West. Antigue & Hobby Publishing Co., Amador City, Cal.
>
> Wilson, Rex
> 1981 Bottles on the Western Frontier. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
>
> Woodhead, E. I., C. Sullivan, and G. Gusset
> 1984 Lighting Devices in the National Reference Collection, Parks Canada. Parks Canada, Ottawa.
>
> Zumwalt, Betty
> 1980 Ketchup Pickles Sauces: 19th Century Food in Glass. Mark West
> Publications, Fulton, California. [good study on culinary bottles]
> [Good research by a collector--she and her former husband, Bill
> Wilson always include historical information]
> Bill Lockhart
> New Mexico State University
> Alamogordo, NM
> (505) 439-3732
|