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OP Dear Bryan: As I said, they did use crude stone mortars and pestles. But to make ceramic cooking vessels, you have to know how to get the high temperatures to turn the clay into ceramic. I have seen a potter make very nice stuff in a large pit covered except for slanting channel so wood could be added until sufficient charcoal formed. Air could enter through wood channel, and a vertical flue in center to let smoke out with adequate draft.
I don't know how he judged when interior was hot enough, but then both wood entrance channel and flue were stopped up and left for a couple days. There was nothing he did that the Indians could not have done if they had known the procedure.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Narragansett word wwh 01/23/02 06:04 PM Re: Narragansett word of troy 01/23/02 07:13 PM Re: hominy Keiva 01/23/02 07:29 PM Re: hominy wwh 01/23/02 07:49 PM Re: scrapple Bobyoungbalt 01/24/02 04:09 AM Re: hominy Rapunzel 01/24/02 01:56 PM Re: hominy Keiva 01/24/02 04:52 AM Re: hominy milum 01/24/02 12:38 PM Re: hominy Capital Kiwi 01/24/02 12:58 PM Pottery Bryan Hayward 01/23/02 09:01 PM Re: Pottery wwh 01/23/02 10:34 PM
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