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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2011 Field School Blog: http://pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com/