Pee Dee style cup/pitcher

Description

This small, sand tempered, ceramic vessel was found submerged within a stone fish weir in the Pee Dee River, which runs between Montgomery and Stanly counties. It appears that the cup was originally made with a rim that went all the way around the vessel, but apparently broke and the remaining portion was intentionally ground and shaped to produce this unusual pitcher shape. Pee Dee pottery dates to approx. AD 1150-1450 and is perhaps best known from the nearby archaeological site known as Town Creek Indian Mound. It measures approx. 10.5 cm tall and 8 cm wide. Model by David Cranford using 95 digital photos and Agisoft Metashape software. Credit: NCDNCR/OSA NOTE: Fish weirs and those artifacts associated with them are considered state property and protected by North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 121; Subsection 121-22 establishes title for the State to all shipwrecks, vessels, and underwater archaeological artifacts abandoned for more than ten years and lying on the bottoms of navigable waters.