found a curious thing- broken bowl?

[yakker]

So... It definitely feels like soapstone (soft and talc-ee), which would fit this area, with all the quarries. Texture seems a little unusual, but I have no idea how soapstone wears- especially over long periods of time, tossing around in multiple river floods. I pulled this from the muddy-clay side of a creekbank through the forest and down the crease from the field where I've recently found artifacts. I just got a couple pics this past week- the piece itself is on the farm. I'm letting them keep it. But I honestly don't know. The rim is flat and level, and the bottom is flat enough that it 'sits' well, even broken as it is. What do you think? I can take more pics on Wed. if anyone wants more. Thanks for looking! Yakker



Met up with this VERY large and scary spider- and nearly put my hand right on (her?) as I was clamering over the creek-side rocks (AAAaaaaaack!)



Happy Hunting All!

 

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[yakker]

Wow-- that's just incredible! And it makes complete sense what you're saying about the crude chiseling- it wouldn't make sense to have it on the inside. And that it well could have broken in manufacture. The quality of the soapstone they're quarrying these days is world-class, but I seriously doubt they were able to get such good stuff 'back in the day'- with far fewer means of accessing it. One thing about soapstone as a stone, if it cools (or heats up) too quickly, it can crack- because of it's non-porous nature. Outside heats or cools quickly while inside hasn't 'caught up'-- obviously more technical than that, but there's a good website (which I don't have on hand) which explains all the scientific stuff- mostly in a language I can understand

Thank you so much for that very interesting information- and the time it took to dig it up! HH! Yakker

 

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