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PREHISTORIC TEXTILE FABRICS. 



peculiarity of this example is the use of plaited instead of twisted cords. 

 The work is neatly doue and very effective. It seems to me almost cer- 

 tain that single cords have been used. They have been so imprinted 

 as to form a zone, tilled with groups of lines placed at various angles. 

 An ornamental border of short lines has been added, as in the examples 

 previously given. 



Two other examples of cord ornamentation, which may be duplicated 

 from the pottery of almost any of the Atlantic States, are presented 

 in Figs. 114 and 115, the first from a fragment of pottery from Charles 

 County, Maryland, and the other from the pottery of Alabama. 



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Fig. 1U. — Cord-markinga from ancient pottery of Maryland. 



Fig. 115. — Cord-markings from the ancient pottery of Alabama. 



It will readily be seen that it is extremely difficult to draw a line be- 

 tween an ornamentation produced by the use of single or grouped 

 cords and that made by the use of fabrics. 



It is not less difficult to say just how much of this use of cords and 

 fabrics is to be attributed to manufacture simply and how much to 

 ornament. 



Although the restorations here presented certainly throw considera- 

 ble light upon the textile fabrics of the ancient inhabitants of the At- 



