I’ve been collecting old maps for 30 years.
I’ve been exploring the New England woods for 50 years.
People living in this area have used stone for tools, structures, firepits and ceremonial markers for at least 7,000 years.
Old roads we follow today from city to village to pond are the same routes people in this area have followed for millennia
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Small Traces
Most Traces of what I find, I leave.
I visit them yearly, or by the moon, or daily.
A few others, mostly the small things, I bring home.
Pottery is abundant.
Prehistoric indigenous pottery was unglazed and made of clay paste mixed with crushed shells or broken rock grit. It was fairly crude stuff but often decorated with incised lines or impressions from cordage or seashells. It can be red, brown, or gray depending on how it was fired. I found a rim shard earlier this month, the first piece I ever found, despite lots of searching.
And I'll add, that shot is out of focus but it'll have to do for now...
ReplyDeleteThis is different from indigenous Woodland-period pottery. Of course it could be European-type pottery used by Indians in the Contact period.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris.
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about pottery. What clues indicate it may be European? The glazing?
Prehistoric indigenous pottery was unglazed and made of clay paste mixed with crushed shells or broken rock grit. It was fairly crude stuff but often decorated with incised lines or impressions from cordage or seashells. It can be red, brown, or gray depending on how it was fired. I found a rim shard earlier this month, the first piece I ever found, despite lots of searching.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteI know of a spot with some gray/white-ish shards and will try to go out there tomorrow and get some pictures.