Found in roots of fallen tree

[Mrtodd]

I pulled these out and started putting together.
More it comes together, the more I wonder if it's modern?
Midlands sc
Many pieces found in area

 

[Mark Todd]

Those sherds do not look modern to me, they are not glazed and appear to be thin in thickness, and the surface imprint looks more like historic or prehistoric Indian pottery to me. If I were you I'd probe around the area and see if I could find some more vessels, good luck, you could be on to something amazing !

 

[joshuaream]

Looks good! I'd go back and try to find the rest of the pieces.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks very old to me. Always fun to find stuff in odd places!

 

[rock]

Looks old to me but outside pics in the daylight. would be real helpful of the inside and outside of the pottery.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Sometimes the tribes would bury infants that died, in pots under trees ,cactus or some other spot that animals couldn't get to them.

 

[dognose]

Nice. Found in the root ball of a fallen tree eh? Interesting.

When I am hiking in the woods I look it the root balls. Not found anything get.

Thats a nice find and an interesting way to find it.

 

[Jon Stewart]

If I may. I have a pot that was broken and gifted to me and is in about 95% complete. I used the cheap white Elmers glue to put it back together. I used those cheap plastic clamps to hold the pieces together while they dried. It was a fun project and like putting a puzzle together.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Most definitely old NA pottery sherds. Finding artifacts that have been brought to the surface by falling trees is not unheard of.

 

[rginn]

Cool find, not modern. Could be associated with a burial, but not a burial. There's not that much evidence of urn burials in NA, it's more Central America. There have been pots found containing bones, but they appear to have been placed in them long after the original burial. Always a few exceptions though. If you found a pot, that's a good indication of a village site, so probably more artifacts around.

 

[NCPeaches]

I agree with everyone, looks NA to me and not modern. I didn't know that about the infant burials that "back of the boat" spoke of and it's very interesting and makes perfect sense. It's an awesome find and yes you need to go do more searches, no telling what you will find in that spot.

 

[scruggs]

Nice find. Sure looks like Indian pottery. Can’t tell if it’s shell temperd, it may be woodland period pottery. Good luck on your return hunt

 

[Mrtodd]

Thanks
I tried using loctite glue and it messy:/
I'll try getting back to collect more this weekend.

 

[Jon Stewart]

Here is the one I put back together using the elmers glue.

 

[Mrtodd]

That's really nice! Maybe I'll try elmers