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Book SynopsisBattlefield archaeologist Daniel 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.
Trade ReviewDaniel M. Sivilich's
Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guideis the result of twenty-eight years of research and collaboration. The
Guide is an essential reference for any archaeologist studying eighteenth-century battlefields."" - Garry Wheeler Stone, historian (retired) for Monmouth Battlefield State Park
""This well-illustrated text takes round-ball research into a new region - explanatory research - by linking shot to weaponry, military tactics, and time periods, and shows how to apply it to battlefield archaeology. Bridging the gap between seventeenth-century European round-ball research and American Civil War studies, it is an essential reference for beginning students and experienced researchers alike."" - Lawrence E. Babits, coeditor of
The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts
