Essential verification rule for using bottle artifacts as brand evidence.
Material-culture inference requires caution because containers circulated beyond first use.
Bottle reuse and refill practices mean that an embossed or labeled container does not automatically prove its original contents at the archaeological site.
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Poster interpretation
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Evidence record
Captured evidence
Bottle reuse and refill practices mean that an embossed or labeled container does not automatically prove its original contents at the archaeological site.
Context
Material-culture inference requires caution because containers circulated beyond first use.
Research annotation
Essential verification rule for using bottle artifacts as brand evidence.
Connected records
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- Literature note:
Literature Note — Whiskey Bottles and the Archaeology of the American West
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