deposit of gra\el-tcinpered sherds was found l>ct\v<'en 

 the depth of one foot and the level of the cellar floor 

 of the mansion house site (Structure 112) located 

 near the pitch-and-tar swamp. This house was built 

 before 1650, but burned, probably during Bacon's 

 Rebellion in 1676.™ The sherds were doubtless part 

 of the household equipment of the time. All other 

 ceramic fragments, with one exception, were asso- 

 ciated with objects dating earlier than 1660. 



In sites dating from before about 1670, no North 

 Devon wares are fovmd. excepting the early sgraffito 

 sherd mentioned abo\'e. Such was the case with a 

 brick kiln (Structure 127) of early 17th-century date 

 and two sites (Structure 110 and Kiln C) in the 

 vicinity of the pottery kiln. In Structure 110 all the 

 ceramics date from before 1650."' 



The latest occurrence of gravel-tempered wares is in 

 contexts of the early and middle 18th century. A pit 



'^« Ibid., pp. 112-119. 

 6' /*/(/., pp. 102-112. 



PAPER 13: NORTH DEVON POTTERY IN 



Figure 14. — .Sgraffito-ware jug and cups from lames- 

 town. Colonial National Historical Park. 



near the Amliler property (Refuse Pit 2)"- yielded a 

 typical early 18th-century deposit with flat-rimmed 

 gravel-tempered pans of characteristic type. Associ- 

 ated with these were pieces of blue delft (before 1 725), 

 Staffordshire "combed" w'are (made throughout the 

 18th century, but mostly about 1730 1760), .Notting- 

 ham stoneware (throughout the 18th centin-y), gray- 

 white Hbhr stoneware (last quarter, 17th century), 

 Buckley black-glazed ware (mostly 1720-1770), and 

 Staffordshire white salt-glazed ware (1740-1770). 



H.'^MPTON, VIRGINI.^: KECOUGHTAN SITE. 



In 1941, Joseph B. and Alvin W. Brittingham, ama- 

 teur archeoiogists of Hampton, Virginia, excavated 

 several refuse pits on the site of what they believed to 

 be an early 17th-century trading post located at 

 the original site of Kecoughtan, an Indian village 



K/A(V., pp. LSI -152. 

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