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Jars new river7/31/2023 There appears to be two cultural influences from outside the region as well as indigenous development within the region for shelltempered ceramics. Shelltempered ceramics in southwest Virginia are difficult to explain. On larger jars and storage vessels, corn cob impression may occur on their recurved necks, normally over either cord or net surface treatment.ĭiscussion: New River Ware as first defined included everything that was shell tempered in southwest Virginia. Recently, corn cob marked sherds were recognized as occurring very late in time from small jars. Keyser Ware is cord marked only, probably related to cultures located further to the north in western Pennsylvania, and should not be considered part of New River Ware. ![]() A related shelltempered type, Keyser Cord Marked, found in the Shenandoah Valley was included in the original ware description. Evans tabulated three sherds and Holland only two sherds from southwest Virginia that were shell tempered and fabric impressed. Fabric-impressed ceramics should not be considered a type within New River Ware. Except for temper this ware was said to be quite comparable to Radford Ware. Surface Treatment: New River Ware as originally defined had net, cord, fabric and plain surface treatments. ![]() ![]() Occasionally some of the gastropod shell tempered pottery will also have crushed limestone included as temper. Paste/Temper: New River Ware is tempered with crushed mussel shell and occasionally gastropod shell with particles ranging from fine flakes to large chunks 6 to 8 mm in length.
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