Newtown Cordmarked Ceramic Rimsherd   Save
J. C. Allman Collection
Description: This fragment comes from the rim of a grit-tempered Newtown Cordmarked ceramic vessel and is relatively flat, particularly at the lip. The exterior is cordmarked, while the interior surface is plain. There is a hole (2.1 mm in diameter) located 15 mm from the top. The sherd is reddish brown in color and comes from the Late Woodland Period. Current research suggests that Early and Middle Woodland people moved from site to site as the seasons changed. Later on, the time spent in one place may have lengthened so the people could tend to their crops. By about A.D. 600, Late Woodland peoples lived in permanent villages. However, they may have traveled to remote camps to collect nuts in the fall or fish in the spring. The Late Woodland groups supported themselves to a great extent by raising crops. At first they grew large amounts of maygrass, goosefoot, and knotweed. By A.D. 1000, corn became important too. The Late Woodland people also hunted game using spears tipped with Chesser Notched or Jacks Reef points; they also developed the bow and arrow. It seems that Late Woodland groups lived in many parts of Ohio well past A.D. 1000. How these people interacted with each other and their environment is the subject of much current archaeological research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A3233_000678
Subjects: Pottery, Prehistoric;
Places: J. C. Allman Collection