Interesting Papers from the Society for Historical Archaeology

[keithker]

While researching the "crimped steel question asked by @Mark (expired) I happened to find some more interesting papers.

The_Aluminum_Beverage_Can.pdf

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A_Brief_and_Condensed_History_of_the_Bee.pdf

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Evaluation_of_the_Functional_Performance.pdf

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Marketing_Milwaukee_Schlitz_and_the_Maki.pdf

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What_Can_This_Be_A_Practical_Workshop_on.pdf

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Victory_Culture_Archeological_Investigat.pdf

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[buckeyerust]

I perused the Victory Culture paper, very scientific/interesting. I found a couple things interesting. first this block of crushed cans that they excavated: - who knows maybe the ones on the middle are still salvagable

then towards the end of the report part was this pic of the crusher at work.. another photo says 1927. - wonder if they were still crushing t hem in the early can era

here are some cans they found:

And some reference material on the cans:

THANKS, I enjoyed the read