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.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of Tennessee 416
99.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of Alabama 416
100.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of Iowa 417
101.--Plaiting of an ancient sandal 417
102.--Braiding done by the Lake Dwellers 418
103.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of District of Columbia 419
104.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of North Carolina 419
105.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of North Carolina 420
106.--Net from the Lake Dwellings 420
107.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of New Jersey 421
108.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of New Jersey 421
109.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of New Jersey 422
110.--Fabric from the ancient pottery of Pennsylvania 422
111.--Impression on the ancient pottery of Ohio 423
112.--Impression on the ancient pottery of New Jersey 423
113.--Impression on the ancient pottery of Alabama 423
114.--Impression on the ancient pottery of Maryland 424
115.--Impression on the ancient pottery of Alabama 425

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BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY
ANNUAL REPORT 1882 PL. XXXIX

1. POTSHERD. 2. CLAY CAST.
3. POTSHERD. 4. CLAY CAST.
5. POTSHERD. 6. CLAY CAST.

A. Hoen & Co. Litho[*illegible*], Baltimore.

POTTERY WITH IMPRESSIONS OF TEXTILE FABRICS.]

PREHISTORIC TEXTILE FABRICS OF THE UNITED STATES,

DERIVED FROM IMPRESSIONS ON POTTERY.

By W. H. Holmes.

INTRODUCTORY.

It is not my intention in this paper to make an exhaustive study of the
art of weaving as practiced by the ancient peoples of this country. To
do this would necessitate a very extended study of the materials used
and of the methods of preparing them, as well as of the arts of spinning
and weaving practiced by primitive peoples generally. This would be a
very wide field, and one which I h