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or  of  reeds  that  had  become  crushed  and  flattened,  held  together 
loosely  by  twisted  cords.   An  example  of  twined  weaving. 
Specimen  e.  No  indication  of  coil.  A  small  amount  of  fine  sand 
mixed  with  the  clay  may  be  natural.  It  has  not  been  possible  to 
determine  the  type  of  vessel  of  which  this  is  a  fragment.  The  surface 
shown  in  the  photograph  is  part  of  the  inside  of  the  vessel,  and  is 
Very  dark  and  smooth.  On  the  right  is  the  outer  wall  on  which  the 
impression  appears.  The  outer  surface  is  a  yellowish  brown  color. 
Plain  twine  weaving. 
Specimen  /.  Coiled  ware.  No  evidence  of  tempering.  Very  hard. 
The  impression  on  the  surface  was  made  by  a  piece  of  fabric  of 
twined  openwork  weave,  the  unusual  detail  of  which  is  that  the 
horizontal  cords  appear  to  have  been  plaited  rather  than  twisted. 
Other  examples  of  braiding  or  plaiting  have  been  recorded. 
Holmes  "  illustrated  a  fragment  of  pottery  from  Georgia  on  which 
the  decoration  had  been  formed  by  impressing  plaited  cords  upon  the 
plastic  clay,  forming  parallel  straight  lines.  And  during  recent  work 
in  Manatee  County,  Fla,  "  charred  fragments  of  braided  and  woven 
hair  "  of  beautiful  workmanship  were  found  in  a  burial  pit  discovered 
in  a  mound  not  far  from  Little  Manatee  River,°°  Consequently, 
braiding  such  as  is  represented  on  the  small  piece  of  pottery  from  the 
Rappahannock  site,  although  rarely  encountered,  is  not  unknown. 
Specimen  g.  Coiled  ware.  Tempering,  a  small  amount  of  crushed 
stone  or  sand.  The  surface  bears  the  imprint  of  an  example  of  twined 
openwork  weave,  having  a  crossed  warp,  differing  in  this  respect 
from  /. 
Specimen  h.  Coiled  ware.  Clay  impure  and  contains  much  fine 
grit.  The  impression  of  a  fabric  similar  to  that  shown  on  /  occurs  on 
the  surface,  but  the  cords  were  twisted,  not  plaited. 
Specimen  /.  No  evidence  of  coil.  Tempering,  a  quantity  of  fine 
sand  or  crushed  quartz.  The  impression  on  the  surface  was  formed 
by  a  piece  of  openwork  fabric  less  regular  in  weave  than  the  majority 
of  examples  and  made  of  extremely  fine  threads. 
Specimen  /.  Coiled  ware.  Much  fine  grit  mixed  with  the  clay.  This 
is  a  fragment  of  the  rim  of  a  vessel.  The  impression  on  the  surface 
suggests  coiled  basketry,  with  twisted  cords  forming  the  woof  passing 
over  and  under  a  foundation  made  of  some  firm  but  flexible  material. 
""^  Holmes,  W.  H.,  Prehistoric  textile  fabrics  of  the  United  States  derived  from 
impressions  on  pottery.   In  3d  Ann.  Rep.  Bur.  Ethnol.,  p.  423,  1885. 
°"  Stirling,  M.  W.,  Smithsonian  archeological  projects  conducted  under  the 
Federal  Emergency  Relief  Administration,  1933-34.  In  Ann.  Rep.  Smithsonian 
Inst.,    1934,  p.   381,    1935- 
