"A Study of North Appalachian Indian Pottery" in Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, For the Years 1913-1914. Volume XIII

by Christopher Wren

This is the ORIGINAL text, NOT a modern reprint or OCR scan. - Originally published in the Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society (of Pennsylvania), For the Years 1913-1914. Volume XIII, Republished in 1914 by E. R. Vordy. - The North Appalachian Region of the study is roughly defined as the eastern two-thirds of Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey and several of the southern tier counties of New York, avoiding, however, what is understood to be strictly Iroquoian territory. The items discussed include clay bowls and pipes and steatite (soapstone) bowls. The study begins with some history of earthenware and pottery, and some background on the geographical area of the study. Then discusses the Indian pottery of the region, and compares them to the pottery of New England Indians and New York Indians. He covers steatite bowls, pipes and the significance of smoking, and Indian camp and village sites. - 30 plates showing photographs of the examples, many complete vessels and pipes, plus various potsherds and their markings. There are also a number of drawings in the text.See the image of the table of contents for more detail -

103 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 2010