ARTICLE II. 
ABORIGINAL POTTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
By William McIntosh. 
The art of the potter takes an important place in the history 
oi : man’s handiwork, and dates from a remote antiquity. Its 
products, and particularly its pre-historic remains, are of the 
greatest value to the historian. 
It has been said : “ Of all the movable products of barbarian 
art, that pottery is the most generally useful in locating vanished 
peoples and in defining their geographic limitations and migra- 
tions.” When the French came to New Brunswick, the 
aboriginal inhabitants were making and using rude vessels 
of clay; and to-day we find on the shores of our lakes and 
rivers, and on ancient camp sites, fragments of this crude pot- 
teryware. What these remains will teach us of the people who 
inhabited this region in pre-historic times, remains to be seen. 
At present, our researches have not progressed sufficiently to 
make possible any conclusion regarding the antiquity of man in 
this province, or if more than one race or people have inhabited 
it in past ages. Further research and study are necessary 
before any definite conclusion can be arrived at regarding the 
antiquity of the pottery of New Brunswick. 
It is true, a careful study of the material available makes 
possible some interesting theories regarding the pre-historic 
inhabitants of the region, but the author does not desire to 
advance theories which further research may fail to establish, or 
even discredit. We hope soon to be in possession of data which 
will make possible a further consideration of the pottery of New 
Brunswick and the examination of a number of interesting 
questions not dealt with in this paper. 
The material upon which this article is based is in the 
museum of this Society, and includes : The fragments discovered 
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