488 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1939 



Plate 4 



Modern and ancient soapstone quarries in Virginia. 



1. Soapstone quarry operated by the Virginia Alberene Corporation. It is south 



of Damon, Albemarle County, near the Nelson County line. Photographed 

 September 1928. 



2. Ancient quarry near Clifton, Fairfax County, Va. Examined and photo- 



gx-aphed during the spring of 1894. 



Plate 5 



Unfinished vessels from Virginia quarries. 



1. Fairfax County. From quarry near Clifton, 1894. a, Size 9^/^ by 6 inches. 



b, Size 6V2 by 3 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 150368. 



2. Amelia County. From the first quarry described in Virginia, near Chula, 



1877. a, Size 71/2 by 7 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 31555. b, Size 4 by 3 inches. 

 U. S. N. M. No. 31552. c, Size 9 by 7 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 31556. 



3. Albemarle County. From quarry near Damon, 1926. Size 16 by SVi inches. 



U. S. N. M. No. 332023. 



Plate 6 



Finished vessels from sites in James River Valley, Va. 



1. Goochland County. Now in the Valentine Museum, Richmond. Size 6 by 4 



Inches. 



2. Fluvanna County. Found near the mouth of the Rivanna, at Columbia. Size 



9% by 51/2 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 136085. Goochland and Fluvanna Coun- 

 ties adjoin, on the left bank of the James River. 



3. Buckingham County. Restored from fragments collected by Maj. Wirt Rob- 



inson on a site near the foot of Buck Mountain. They were found over a 

 period of many years when some pieces would be uncovered by the plow and 

 others exposed by the rain. Size 18% by 12i/4 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 

 342083. 



Plate 7 



Vessels from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Massachusetts. 



1. Pennsylvania. Crudely made vessel from Lancaster County. Size 12 by 7 



inches. U. S. N. M. No. 17236. 



2. Maryland, a, Baltimore County. Size 16y2 by 14iA inches. U. S. N. M. 



No. 208361. &, Carroll County. Size 12 V2 by 5 inches deep. U. S. N. M. 

 No. 208353. 



3. Massachusetts. Bristol County. Size 9% by 5 inches. U. S. N. M. No. 17972. 



Greatly worn from use. 



Plate 8 



Ancient soapstone quarry near Bristol, Hartford County, Conn. The quarry 

 was exposed and photographed in 1892. Many stone implements which had been 

 used in working the stone were discovered at the site. 



Plate 9 



Finished vessels from North Carolina. 

 1. Burke County. The specimen is complete, rather symmetrical, and without 

 handles. It shows the effect of long use. Size 15 by 12 inches. U. S. N. M. 

 No. 35644. 



