MYER] THE FEWKES GROUP 583 
Figure 188, restoration of vessel No. 9. Eight and one-half inches 
across rim, 8 inches in depth. Both exterior and interior light red, 
somewhat lighter than Plate 106, f, with flecks of powdered shell. 
Strong, well-burned material. 
Figure 189, restoration of vessel No. 10. Ten inches across rim, 
91% inches in depth. 
Exterior and inte- 
rior light red, 
lighter than Plate 
106, f, with flecks 
of powdered shell. 
Strong, well-burned 
material. 
Plate 131, a, pho- 
tograph of a rare 
shell-shaped vessel, 
of which a sufficient 
number of frag- Fic. 182.—Restoration of vessel No, 22, mound No. 2 
ments were found in the great ash bed at 4 in mound No. 2 to 
restore it with considerable accuracy. It is 834 inches in diameter 
and 414 inches in height. The ware is dark gray. It is the hardest 
burned vessel so far 
found by the writer 
in Tennessee and is 
fully as well burned 
as modern ordinary 
pottery. 
Plate 131, b, pho- 
tograph of a vessel 
with a most unu- 
sualrim. It is101% 
inches across rim 
and 10 inches in 
depth. Its exterior 
is — i 7 No. 19, No. 2 C < 
Fic. 183.—Restoration of vessei No. 19, mound No and interior are 
light gray. A considerable number of the fragments which had con- 
stituted the original vessel were found. 
MetHop or AppLyinG Fire To VESSELS 
The pot, in cooking, was generally set directly on the fire and kept 
in position by the fuel or other supports placed about its sides. This 
method is illustrated in Plate 131, c, which is from a drawing made 
by John White at Roanoke in 1585.54 White, who was one of the 
“ Hariot’s Briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, Pl. 15, Frankfort, 1590. 
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