Indian Pottery Jamestown Rediscovery
 








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This shell-tempered, simple-stamped clay bowl was found in a colonial context. Indians probably used vessels like these to carry food into the fort. Once the colonists had consumed the contents, the pot was discarded because it had a rounded bottom and could not be used on the Englishmen's flat tabletops.

Context: Pit 1, ca. 1607-1610.




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