A friend of mine brought these in and showed me the other day. They came from west river SD, found many years ago by some relative...
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Some nice pottery sherds
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Ethan, sherd is a term that describes a fragment of pottery. Spelled shard too I believe.
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"A shard is a broken piece of china, glass, ceramic, etc (METAL?)., with edges that are sharp. Usually, shards are the result of shattering something such as a dish or glass. The word shard is derived from the Old English word sceard, meaning gap or incision. The plural form of shard is shards.
A sherd is a broken piece of pottery with edges that are sharp, usually referring to one that is found in an archaeological site.
In essence, the words shard and sherd are interchangeable, though the term sherd is favored by archaeologists.
Sherd is an abbreviation of the word potsherd, which has been in use since the 1300s. The plural of sherd is sherds."
I always use and correct each one, not essentially interchangeable to me. All the dictionaries have varying different origins and usages but mention that Archaeologists overwhelmingly use sherd for pottery but people do use them both all the time.
I've found many pounds of pottery and those sherds are fantastic woi.
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Wow! That is a lot of info! I thought that ya'll were being funny.
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Very nice hunks of pottery.TN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post
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Those are some very nice shreds . They do look like our southern types .
Looks to be incised which is a way to make the design for those who do not know . Love that rim piece that could be a thumbnail design . Very cool if it is you have to look at it close . It’s the persons nail so that’s personal .
or it’s punctured like holes .
love it ....,
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Gary , I really started looking at that close . Could be a cord design . They would wrap cord around a piece of wood and roll it . It has that precision look to it on the top third pic . Textile patterns also might have been used . Using literally a textile . But do see incised .
Just my opion being an enthusiast not holding it or looking at it under a scope .
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Marshall , that is a very impressive case . We should keep that by piece so people can learn .
Really nice ! I know I am going to enjoy looking at each piece individually . Might have to screen shot each .
Just great !!!!
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