Dating Nails Archaeology. In the bay of islands, evidence of building methods and nail use by the church missionary society (cms) is used to develop this local chronology. In about 1790 the first nails cut from sheets of iron were produced.
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Ten penny nails or 10d nails) dates from the 1400s. From an archaeological perspective, nails provide us some of the simplest tools to date a site. The mansfield, massachusetts tremont nail company's historical notes (cited below) indicate that nails have been made (by hand) dating back to 300 b.c.
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If we have exclusively square nails on an archaeological site, it is a strong likelihood that the site dates before 1900 and after 1850. On the other hand, if the site only contains wire nails, then it is most likely to date after 1900. Machine cut and headed nails date from 1815 onwards, while wire nails date from 1819 onward. In the bay of islands, evidence of building methods and nail use by the church missionary society (cms) is used to develop this local chronology.
