HOLMES.] 



ANALYSIS OF SECOND FORM OF FABRIC. 



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The simplest form of cloth in which this combination is used is shown 

 in Fig. 72. This example, which was obtained from a small fragment 

 of pottery found in Polk County, Tennessee, may be taken as a type. 



Fig. 72. — From ancient pottery, Tennessee. 



Fig. 73.— h'ection. 



Two series of threads are interwoven at right angles, the warp series 

 being arranged in pairs and the woof singly. At each intersection the 

 pairs of warp threads are twisted half arcund upon themselves, inclos- 

 ing the woof threads and holding them quite firmly, so that the open 

 mesh is well preserved even when much strained. Fabrics of this char- 

 acter have been employed by the ancient potters of a very extended 

 region, including nearly all the Atlantic States. There are also many 

 varieties of this form of fabric resulting from differences in the size and 



Flo. 74. — Diagram showing the method of weaving Form 2. 



spacing of the threads. These differences are well brought out in the 

 series of illustrations that follow. 



