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Colono ware also was made by white settlers. Colonists brought a
tradition of hand-built, open-fired potteries, which has persisted
into the present century in parts of Europe. In Ireland, Denmark,
Scotland, and other areas that contributed colonists, pottery of this
sort was made for sale or home use by rural women. There was a
persistent European tradition of two kinds of pottery: one made by
men in pottery factories and fired in kilns, and the other made by
women at home and open fired.
This dual tradition undoubtedly was transplanted to America by the
settlers. It is no surprise, therefore, that we find hand-built
pottery intermixed with factory products. In Virginia at the Hallowes
site we found Morgan Jones glazed, wheel-thrown pottery in a context
where his presence on the site was documented. In the same context
was a "colono" cook pot we reported as Native product. Today, thirty
years later, I am convinced the cook pot was made by the people who
came to the site from Europe.
Evidence for Native, African, or European makers is equally
convincing, and I believe there is every reason to believe that all
three traditions are represented among the recovered specimens in
America.
I'm in the last stages of publishing an article on the possibility of
European-born makers of some colono pottery. If anyone has
information that would contribute, I'd like to talk to them off list.
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