Weekend colonial pit dig

[Anonymous]

Went back to the same site that I've been digging in for a while. Thought I was getting close to finishing this site up, but a new hotspot always seems to pop up. Here's my uncleaned finds from a 3 hours dig yesterday:
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11164/041005a.jpg">
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11164/041005b.jpg">
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11164/041005c.jpg">
Here they are after a lengthy clean up:
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11164/041005j.jpg">
Some great looking early shards have been coming out of this site. Here's a close-up of some pieces from a westerwald jug. The pic after that shows what it looked like before it was broke. A beautiful piece for sure. Maybe I can get lucky and find enough pieces to glue most of it back together. That'll be my priority next time out.
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11164/041005g.jpg">
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11164/westerwald jug.jpg">

 

[Anonymous]

As usual, a fantastic post Bill! That site just keeps on producing for you, Keep up the good work.

 

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[Anonymous]

How come there are so many pipe stems found in colonial sites? Did they use them once and throw them away?

 

[Anonymous]

Every time they finished smoking a pipe they would break off a bit of stem so they would have a fresh pipe for their next smoke. Sort of like today's cigarette butts. They threw them in a trash bucket that would eventually get thrown in a trash pit. That's what I was told and it makes sence to me.