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Prehistoric Textile Fabrics Of The United States   By: (1846-1933)

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

PREHISTORIC TEXTILE FABRICS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

DERIVED FROM IMPRESSIONS ON POTTERY.

by WILLIAM H. HOLMES.

CONTENTS.

Page. Introductory 397 First Group 401 Second Group 404 Third Group 413 Fourth Group 416 Fifth Group 417 Sixth Group 418 Miscellaneous 420

ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Transcriber's Note: In the original text, the position of illustrations was determined by available page space. For this e text, each figure caption has been placed directly after the paragraph describing the figure. Figure 88, which shared a caption with Figure 89, has been shifted down to join Figure 90. The captions are identical except for number.]

Plate XXXIX. Pottery, with impressions of textile fabrics 397

Fig. 60. Cord marked vessel, Great Britain 399 61. Cord and fabric marked vessel, Pennsylvania 400 62. Combination of threads in coffee sacking 401 63. Section of same 401 64. Fabric from the ancient pottery of New York 402 65. Fabric from the ancient pottery of District of Columbia 402 66. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Arizona 402 67. Fabric from the caves of Kentucky 403 68. Fabric from the Swiss Lake Dwellings 403 69. Fabric from a mound in Ohio 403 70. Fabric from a mound in Ohio 403 71. Section of the same 403 72. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 405 73. Section of same 405 74. Diagram showing method of weaving 405 75. Device for making the twist 406 76. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 406 77. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Georgia 407 78. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 407 79. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 408 80. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 408 81. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Arkansas 408 82. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Illinois 409 83. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Illinois 410 84. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Missouri 410 85. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 410 86. Fabric from a copper celt, Iowa 411 87. Fabric from Vancouver's Island 412 88. Fabric from the Lake Dwellings of Switzerland 412 89. Fabric from the Lake Dwellings of Switzerland 412 90. Fabric from the Lake Dwellings of Switzerland 413 91. Section of third form of fabric 414 92. Device for weaving same 414 93. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 414 94. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 414 95. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 414 96. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 415 97. Fabric from the Northwest coast 415 98... Continue reading book >>




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