CONTENTS 



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Preface 15 



Introduction 18 



Ceramic art in human history 18 



Aboriginal American pottery 19 



Pottery of the eastern United States 20 



Geographic grouping 20 



Quantative distribution 2?, 



Manner of occurrence 2'.^ 



Chronology 24 



Functional grouping 24 



Classification of use 24 



Differentiation of use 25 



Vessels for culinary and other domestic uses 25 



Salt-making vessels 27 



Sugar-making vessels 31 



Spindle whorls of clay 33 



Musical instruments of earthenware 34 



Various implements of earthenware 35 



Baked-clay offering receptacles 36 



Cement and plaster 37 



Earthenware used in burial 37 



Personal ornaments of earthenware 42 



Earthenware disks and spools 43 



Earthenware tobacco pipes 44 



Materials 45 



Clay 45 



Tempering materials 40 



Manufacture 48 



The records 48 



First use of clay 49 



Shaping processes and appliances 49 



Decorating processes 51 



Baking processes .■ 52 



Processes of manufacture in present use 53 



Manufacture by Catawba women 53 



Manufacture by Cherokee women 5G 



Early accounts of manufacture 57 



Size (iO 



Forms 61 



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