Historic Glass Bottle
Identification & Information
Website
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Welcome to the Historic Bottle Website!
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NOTICE TO USERS The Historic Bottle Website has moved
permanently to the The new home page is now at the following
URL/link:
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GOAL OF THE HISTORIC BOTTLE WEBSITE: To enable the user to answer two primary questions about most utilitarian bottles and jars* produced in the United States (and Canada**) between the early 1800s and 1950s, as follows:
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1. What is the age of the bottle?
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The above two questions also address what was succinctly articulated in the Intermountain Antiquities Computer System (IMACS) and the nominal purpose of this website, which is to provide archaeologists with a manual for a standard approach to arriving at historical artifact function and chronology (University of Utah 1992). In addition, this site also assists the user with these questions:
3. What technology, techniques, or processes were used to manufacture the bottle?
4. Where did the bottle come from, i.e., where was it made and/or used?
5. Where can I go for more information on historic bottles?
This website is intended
for...
- Field archaeologists trying to identify and
date bottles or bottle fragments which are found during cultural surveys and
excavations in the United States;
- Educators dealing with the subject of historic archaeology; and
- Bottle collectors and the general public trying to date a bottle,
determine what it was used
likely for, and/or begin their search for general information on historic bottles.
To access the Historic Bottle
Website please click on the following link:
http://www.sha.org/bottle/index.htm
This page was created by the BLM. This is a U.S. Government Computer System;
before continuing,
please read this
disclaimer as well as our
Privacy Policy.
The opinions expressed on this website are those of the author/content
manager of this website and not necessarily those of the Bureau of Land Management or
Department of Interior.
Website created and managed by:
Bill Lindsey
Bureau of Land Management -
Klamath Falls, Oregon
9/12/07
The
Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) is pleased to be the new web-based
home of the Historic Bottle Website. Since its initial posting in
early 2005, the Historic Bottle Website has become a very useful
resource to the historical archaeology community. This makes its location
on the SHA website in the new "Research Resources" section particularly
appropriate. The website's public educational emphasis helps the SHA
to meet one of its goals: "...to promote scholarly research and the
dissemination of knowledge concerning historical archaeology."