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A technology-based nail chronology is presented. This chronology is derived from a typology based on a combination of general information about the historical developments of the technology applied by the nail manufacturing industry and the periods of actual use for each of twelve basic nail types presently identified as having been used in Louisiana. The author believes that the approach used to establish the Louisiana Nail Chronology can also be used to establish accurate nail chronologies in other regions.
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Wells, T. Nail chronology: The use of technologically derived features. Hist Arch 32, 78–99 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03374252
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