Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v56.14) with SMTP; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:49:23 -0500 Received: from fs.fed.us ([199.131.12.22]) by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id IAA20733 for <[log in to unmask]>; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:49:22 -0500 (EST) From: [log in to unmask] Received: from localhost by fs.fed.us (USDA-FS/WashDC) using SMTP; id IAA47432 for [log in to unmask]; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:48:53 -0500 X-OpenMail-Hops: 3 Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 07:45:00 -0600 Message-Id: <H00000a7007a7232@MHS> In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re[2]: SHA Material Culture TO: [log in to unmask] Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Message_Body" X-Envelope-To: [log in to unmask] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Thanks, Carl! The misuse of the word "kaolin" for pipes of plain ball clay or "pipe clay" has been a pet peeve of mine for a quater of a century. I still have visions of Ian Walker rolling over in his grave every time someone uses the term. As far as he could tell, kaolin was only used in pipes for "masterpieces", i.e., the final piece that an apprentice made to show his skill so he could become as master in the guild. Kaolin is really top quality white clay and was pretty much only used for really fancy or expensive pieces - often porcelain. Not on cheap disposable goods. Smoke Pfeiffer *********************************** Smoke (Michael A. ) Pfeiffer Archaeologist Ozark-St. Francis National Forests 605 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801 [log in to unmask] ***********************************