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PREHISTORIC TEXTILE FABRICS. 



Fig. 110 illustrates an impression upon a large, well-made vase, with 

 scalloped rim, from Easton, Pa. The character of the fabric is difficult 

 to make out, the impression suggesting bead-work. That it is from a 

 fabric, however, is evident from the fact that there is system and uni- 



Fig. 109.— From the ancient pottery of New Jersey. 



formity in the arrangement of markings, the indentations alternating as 

 in the impressions of fabrics of the simplest type. Yet there is an ap- 

 pearance of patchwork in the impression that suggests separate appli- 

 cations of the material. 



In Figs. Ill and 112 we have what appear to be impressions of bands 



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Fir., 110. — From the ancient pottery of Pennsylvania. 



or belts. The first shown consists of six parallel cords, coarse and well 

 twisted, with a border of short cord indentations placed at regular in- 

 tervals. This is a very usual form in all parts of the country, from the 

 Mandan towns of the Missouri to Florida. It is possible that tbe cords 

 may in this case have been separately impressed, but the example given 



