{"product_id":"musket-ball-and-small-shot-identification-a-guide-9780806151588","title":"Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide","description":"\u003cbr\u003e In the past, an excavated musket ball might simply have been catalogued as either a \"spherical lead bullet\" or an \"impacted bullet.\" But each recovered ball, far from being a mere lump of lead, is a part of history and has a story to tell. With the help of new equipment and research techniques, and an increase in the number of discoveries, these narratives can finally contribute exacting detail to the historical record. Battlefield archaeologist Daniel M. Sivilich provides readers with the tools and techniques to unlock the stories of small shot in this book, the first definitive guide to identifying musket balls, from the oldest formed to those fired in the early nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide \u003c\/i\u003etraces the history of musket balls and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles and in nonlethal alterations. Sivilich asks--and answers--a variety of questions to demonstrate how a musket ball found in a military context can help to interpret the site: Was it fired? What did it hit? What type of gun is it associated with? Has it been chewed, and if so, by whom or what? Was it hammered into gaming pieces? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By equipping historians and archaeologists with the information necessary for answering these questions, Sivilich's accessible work opens new views into firing lines, casualty areas, and military camps. It dispels long-held misperceptions about lead shot having been bitten by humans, offers examples of shot altered to improve lethality, and discusses balls made of materials other than lead, such as pewter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coupling detailed analysis with more than 300 color and black-and-white illustrations for comparison and identification, this guide will prove indispensable to historians, battlefield archeologists, and collectors. It is a critical resource for understanding the full story of firepower.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSivilich, Daniel M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDaniel M. Sivilich\u003c\/b\u003e is a battlefield archaeologist with more than thirty years' experience in the field. He has authored numerous scholarly and popular articles on Revolutionary War-era historical archaeology.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrr, David Gerald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Foreworder \u003cb\u003eDavid Gerald Orr\u003c\/b\u003e, retired as Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Temple University, is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHuts and History: The Historical Archaeology of Military Encampment during the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott, Douglas D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas D. Scott \u003c\/b\u003eis retired as supervisory archaeologist, Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service. Widely known as an expert on military archaeology, he is the author or co-author of numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eThey Died with Custer: Soldiers' Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncovering History: Archaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCuster, Cody, and Grand Duke Alexis: Historical Archaeology of the Royal Buffalo Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461222568210,"sku":"9780806151588","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8da961e9-2de5-459e-91e7-67bb2468ac57.jpg?v=1730060350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/musket-ball-and-small-shot-identification-a-guide-9780806151588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}