However, one of the things I did while down south was visit the Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeology Project, http://www.apva.org/jr.html, with some of the people we'd been visiting, and some of the Colonial Williamsburg staff.
The trip down to Virginia had been all about iron smelting, so the visit to APVA was actually about iron production in Jamestown and early Virginia.
But Jamestown was about a lot more than just that, and the lab at the archaeology centre was full of something for everyone!
I was particularly taken with a lovely find of a footed pottery cook pot. It was nice in itself, but additionally interesting because I have some period-style cookware made by a potter friend of mine, including a footed pipkin.
-vandy
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So did they think there was a handle on the other side? Or is the tube doubling as handle and spout? I'm particularly taken by the fact that its closed in a bit at the top. It would help with the cooking - keeping heat in, might help with pouring (if the spout is the intended pour area). I wonder if it had a lid.....Its really cool though.
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