My one, and only, field of dreams has been essentially played out for a few years now. But, when we first started hunting it, in 1991, the farmer plowed so deeply for several years, that when I walked it when first plowed, but not yet planted, the mounds on either side of me were up to my waist. I'm not sure how he plowed so deep and still managed to get his tractor out of the field. It had the effect of restoring productivity to a field that had not been hunted by others in many years.
In those early years, there was an area that yielded pipe forms, made mostly of New England chlorite. We might have found about 8, most of which were broken in manufacturing. A few were complete forms, one with drilling started in the stem. It would be nice to find a finished product, but I think earlier generations of collectors(the farm has been there since the 1600's, but now way smaller) got those.
Anyway, stopped there a few days ago, and surprised myself in finding a chlorite pipe form, the first one since the early years. As seen in the first photo, the finished shape is still there. It's very possible a stronger angle break would have been worked in eventually along the top length. In photo 2, the stem end was ground, prepared to take drilling of the stem. In the 4th photo, you can see why it was discarded, and looking straight on to the bowl in the last photo, some of the front of the pipe is still visible, and showing some grinding had occurred before it broke.
This would probably class as a "bowl type" pipe, as are the other two examples seen below. Some type of perishable stem would have been inserted into the short stem portion of these Late Woodland pipes.
In those early years, there was an area that yielded pipe forms, made mostly of New England chlorite. We might have found about 8, most of which were broken in manufacturing. A few were complete forms, one with drilling started in the stem. It would be nice to find a finished product, but I think earlier generations of collectors(the farm has been there since the 1600's, but now way smaller) got those.
Anyway, stopped there a few days ago, and surprised myself in finding a chlorite pipe form, the first one since the early years. As seen in the first photo, the finished shape is still there. It's very possible a stronger angle break would have been worked in eventually along the top length. In photo 2, the stem end was ground, prepared to take drilling of the stem. In the 4th photo, you can see why it was discarded, and looking straight on to the bowl in the last photo, some of the front of the pipe is still visible, and showing some grinding had occurred before it broke.
This would probably class as a "bowl type" pipe, as are the other two examples seen below. Some type of perishable stem would have been inserted into the short stem portion of these Late Woodland pipes.
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