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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 876495, member: 8267"]Small nails and tacks are notoriously difficult to date. Here is a post from a Conservation discussion group that outlines the problem:</p><p><a href="http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1999/1121.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1999/1121.html" rel="nofollow">http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1999/1121.html</a></p><p>Please note, judging by the context I think the writer left out important words in the 3rd paragraph (my interpretation is in brackets):</p><p>"While one may be able to visually identify the technique of</p><p>manufacture, it is, in my opinion, [not possible] to date the when a small nail or</p><p>tack was made or used."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 876495, member: 8267"]Small nails and tacks are notoriously difficult to date. Here is a post from a Conservation discussion group that outlines the problem: [URL]http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/1999/1121.html[/URL] Please note, judging by the context I think the writer left out important words in the 3rd paragraph (my interpretation is in brackets): "While one may be able to visually identify the technique of manufacture, it is, in my opinion, [not possible] to date the when a small nail or tack was made or used."[/QUOTE]
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