14 Facts About Cord-marked pottery

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Cord-marked pottery or Cordmarked pottery is an early form of a simple earthenware pottery made in precontact villages.

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Cord-marked pottery was then made with a paddle and anvil method that was accomplished by pressing cord-wrapped paddles against the side of the pottery to form and thin the pottery.

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Reddish Sandy Cord-marked pottery characterized by red coatings and dominant pyroxene tempers is considered most characteristic of Suntangpu culture.

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In North America, cord-marked pottery is believed to have originated in the Eastern United States prior to 1000 BC and was found in the upper Midwestern United States about 500 BC Over the next 500 years, pottery-making cultures spread west, south, and northwest into the Great Plains, west of the Mississippi, and into Texas and Oklahoma.

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The walls of the Cord-marked pottery were very thick, and were too heavy to haul food a great distance.

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Round shaped or globular Cord-marked pottery meant that the vessels could be steadied on several small stones or placed directly on a fire for cooking.

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Cord-marked pottery was made in the plains between the early centuries AD and through to the 1700s.

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The earliest Wilmington pottery was dated to 500 BC Cord-marked pottery made by Plain Villagers about 900 years ago called Borger Cordmarked Pottery, is named for the nearby town of Borger, Texas.

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Similar Cord-marked pottery was made in the Oklahoma panhandle, southwestern Kansas, and southeastern Colorado.

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Cord-marked pottery, made by the Apache during the Tipi Ring period has been found at Picture Canyon in Colorado.

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Pottery designated as white rock cord-marked pottery was obtained at the white rock site, seven miles east of Boulder and thirty miles north of Denver, Colorado in 1948.

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Cord-marked pottery made by Plain Villagers about 900 years ago called Borger Cordmarked Pottery, is named for the nearby town of Borger, Texas.

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Similar Cord-marked pottery was made in the Oklahoma panhandle, southwestern Kansas, and southeastern Colorado.

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Cord-marked pottery, made by the Apache during the Tipi Ring period has been found at Picture Canyon in Colorado.

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