Laurel--

Depends on what kinds of bottles you're working with.  One of the handiest
resources available (IMHO) is Bill Hunt's medicine bottle index
(http://www.mwac.nps.gov/bottle_glass/), which allows you to enter any
fragment of medicine bottle glass text and generate a series of matches.
It's specifically a reference tool for working with embossed medicine
bottles, and may not help if you're looking mainly at beer and soda, etc.

AB

Alex W. Barker, Curator of Archaeology
Dallas Museum of Natural History
PO Box 150349 Dallas, TX 75315-0349
(214) 421-3466 ext. 244 fax 214-428-4356
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----- Original Message -----
From: Laurel Heap <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 5:58 PM
Subject: Bottle References


> On top of my job at the museum where I have been working on their database
> problem, I also am working with Utah Parks and Recreation.  I was hired to
> analyze some archaeological artifacts taken from a couple homestead sites
> located on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake.  The sites range from
> the mid 1800's to 1982.  I have decided to start with the bottles and
> since I am relatively new to historical archaeology I was wondering if any
> of you could point me to some good resources on identifying and dating
> bottles.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Laurel Heap
> Utah Museum of Natural History
>

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