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I thought they looked more like those Ohio Valley pipes from Pt.
Pleasant (I think), also written up and profusely illustrated in one
of the early Conference on Historic Sites Archaeology volumes (my
copies presently out of reach).
PEM
On Aug 20, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Veit, Richard wrote:
It looks a bit funky but it certainly resembles Moravian pipes. I
have seen similar examples from NJ and PA out of late 18th century
contexts.
Rich Veit
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Subject: Help with interesting effigy pipe (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Hello All,
I was hoping someone out there could help me in identifying a
stoneware effigy pipe recovered last summer near Petersburg,
Virginia. The pipe was excavated from a plantation site dating to the
late 18th to mid-to-late 19th centuries. Two other pipe fragments
were recovered with similar features. Limited amounts of research
have been conducted on this artifact. We had been attributing it to
the Moravian tradition but this pipe is so much more stylized than the
classically influenced Moravian reed pipes that I feel uncomfortable
in definitely saying this. The Virginia Department of Historic
Resources has a similar stylized effigy pipe on display but the report
contains no information on the production of the pipe. Has anyone
seen anything similar or have any information on the production of
these sort of pipes. Thanks!
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Amanda Vtipil
Curator/Archaeologist
Regional Archaeological Curation Facility
Environmental Management Office
Fort Lee, VA
804.734.4436
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Patrick E. Martin
Professor of Archaeology and Chair
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
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www.industrialarchaeology.net
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