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Red-Painted Rim & Body SherdsCup Bottle Lid HandlePlate RimsHandle AttachmentJar HandlesBowl RimsFooted (Pedestaled) Bowl BasesBowl & Cup Foot RingsStraight Pan RimsBowl or Cup RimFlat Bowl & Pan BasesChamber Pot RimsFolded or Thickened Jar RimsSmudged Pan InteriorContexts at New Town yielded more than 62,000 ceramic fragments that represent a wide range ofvessel forms. <strong>The</strong>se wares are plain or burnished; some are decorated with highlights of red sealing wax.
New Town vessels include flat-bottomed milkpan, cups and bowls with footrings,soup plates, jars, and pipkins. With the exception of cooking jars with thickenedrims, these forms derive from European vessels, and reflect <strong>Catawba</strong> potters’efforts to meet market demands.
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Archaeologyin the OldCatawba Nation
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When John Lawson explored the inter
Page 8 and 9: The powerful native alliance that d
Page 10 and 11: One key to Catawba survival andsucc
Page 12 and 13: During the French and Indian Wars (
Page 14 and 15: The Archaeology of mid-18 th centur
Page 16 and 17: Archaeological investigations at Na
Page 18 and 19: Most houses at Nassaw included smal
Page 20 and 21: Incised Bowl DecorationsFolded & No
Page 22 and 23: Nassaw and Weyapee yielded thousand
Page 24 and 25: Abundant gunparts and ammunition re
Page 26 and 27: Cherokee carvedstone tobacco pipesE
Page 28 and 29: 1759 1762The devastating smallpox e
Page 30 and 31: Samuel Wyly’s 1763 survey of the
Page 32 and 33: The 2003 investigations at Old Town
Page 34 and 35: pedestal bases & foot ringspedestal
Page 36 and 37: ulletmoldlead shotGunparts and ammu
Page 38 and 39: ass tinkler conesglass beadscufflin
Page 40 and 41: 2009 investigations at Old Town rev
Page 42 and 43: These excavations revealed multiple
Page 44 and 45: Extent of 2003 and 2009 excavations
Page 46 and 47: Catawbapan fragmentsred sealing wax
Page 48 and 49: Catawba Land Leases“These lands a
Page 50 and 51: Cabin Outline (est.)Tree Disturbanc
Page 52 and 53: Elevated chimney bases at Loci 4and
Page 54 and 55: pistol lockgunflintsbrass escutcheo
Page 56 and 57: English hand-painted pearlwareNew T
Page 60 and 61: Catawba potters traveled from New T
Page 62 and 63: Strategies that enabled the Catawba
Page 64 and 65: Unfortunately, this rich heritage i
Page 66 and 67: The problem of site destruction is
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