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The mound builders: their works and relics
First edition, 458 pages
Red Polished Jug || HC1994.3(99)
This pot has an unusual handle and an even more unusual attachment on the opposite side. It is very simply decorated with cut-away decoration around the body typical of material of the same period (Early to Middle Bronze Age), but the appendix and…
Iron Age Jug || HC1994.3(87)
This jug dates to the beginning of the Iron Age. The black painted decoration resembles plant leaves or flowers. The body is barrel-shaped. It is also quite curious that half of the pot is reddish in colour; this might indicate that it was burned.
Perfume Bottle || HC1994.3(112)
This is a Red-on-Black miniature bottle, probably used as a container for perfumes. It is dated at the Early Iron Age and is wheel made.
Byzantine Glazed Bowl || HC2004(15)
An example of wares from ceramic workshops in Cyprus with sgraffito decoration.
Rufus Putnam's draft letter to "Dear Sir"
This is a detailed description of the "ancient works" at Marietta, that is, the mounds and their ambience. There is a curious terminal paragraph that seems to concern an old fort at Albany (New York?).
Poems of Robert Southey
Pages: 814
