Antiquities of the southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes (1873) (14774221881)

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Title: Antiquities of the southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ier-twigs uponthe clay while in a plastic state. We know that someof the North American tribes adopted the custom ofmodelling their vessels in baskets prepared for thatpurpose. Either this method was used in the presentcase, or else the potter, with no little skill and pa-tience, imprinted these ornamental lines while the ves-sel was still soft, by means of a cord or instrument ofsome sort. The lines are iinpressed, not carved. Thecircular ornamentation—running parallel with andhalf an inch distant from the rim—was doubtlessmade with the end of a hollow reed or bone. Thehard cane abundant everywhere in the swamps ofSouthern Georgia and generally used by the Indiansfor arrows, might well have been employed for thispurpose. The interior is quite smooth. This urn wasfashioned of the clay common to the neighborhood inwhich it was found. In its composition there is anadmixture of gravel, and, to a limited extent, of pow-dered shells. In itself considered, it is a creditable Alette HUT.
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AM. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIC CO NY., 0S80RKES PROCESS.1 BUKIAL-UEN. 455 example of the skill of the primitive potter. It pos-sesses, however, an individual history which invests itwith additional interest. This burial-urn was found in a small shell-moundon the Colonels Island,1 in Liberty County. It was inan upright position and its rim was about eighteeninches below the surface. This little tumulus was evi-dently very old; and, although the ploughshare hadnot torn it asunder, the changing seasons and the mer-ciless winds and rains had sadly wasted it. But forthe quantities of stout oyster-shells which entered intoits composition it would long since have been oblit-erated by these disintegrating influences. The remark-able state of preservation in which this vase appearsis accounted for when we are made acquainted withthe fact that it was guarded or enclosed by two exte-rior earthen vessels of ruder construction and thickerwalls. Covering the top of the outer vessel andclosely fitting, was