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of the vessel, is decorated with incised lines. The second piece is 

 a small fragment, decorated with incised lines. This is similar to 

 a specimen found with material attributed to the "Round Grave 

 people" in Loudon County, Tenn,^* Both are decorated with un- 

 dulating lines, rather broad and shallow, and both appear to be 

 equally old. 



Figure 6. — South Carolina. Two fragments of decorated soapstone vessels, a, Chester 

 County. U. S. N. M. No. 91843. b, Anderson County. U. S. N. M. No. 34905. Natural 

 size. 



Ancient soapstone quarries in Alabama had been recognized as 

 such some years before others in Virginia had been discovered and 

 described. Examples of large broken vessels from the quarry work- 

 shop near Dudleyville, Tallapoosa County, are in the National 

 Museum collections. Also one complete vessel, crudely made with 

 handles roughly shaped. A drawing of one handle is reproduced 

 in figure 7. Although very rough and irregular, the vessel had been 

 used, and it appears to be very old, as shown in plate 10. 



" Harrington, op. cit., fig. 16, p. 151. 



