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Gunflints and flint debitage from Zekiah Fort.
include finished triangular points and debitage, suggesting a continuation of traditional practic- es. A number of other European artifact types were also recovered including ceramics, tobac- co pipes, and bottle glass. Like the Choptico, the Piscataway were still using Native-made ceramics, most notably the sand/crushed quartz-tempered Potomac Creek and Moya- one varieties (see table 9). Only a few sherds of shell-tempered ceramics like Townsend and Yeocomico were recovered, likely indicative of trade with groups such as the Choptico. Inter- estingly, like at Choptico, imported white clay tobacco pipes appear in larger quantities than locally-made red clay pipes.
Distributions of Native and European material offer insight into the Zekiah Fort land- scape and possible separation of spaces. Native
ceramics are distributed relatively evenly across the entire site, while the few European ceram- ics recovered are generally restricted to the top of the knoll where other possible high-status items were found. Conversely, the distributions of local versus imported tobacco pipes varies in a somewhat unexpected way. Red-clay pipes were recovered primarily from the knoll whereas im- ported white clay pipes were found more or less distributed evenly across the site (see figure 37). It appears that while white clay pipes are some- what ubiquitous across the site, locally-made red clay pipes are possibly considered an important, perhaps ritual, item controlled by the tribal lead- ership.
When the Piscataway leave Maryland by 1697, they are ultimately persuaded to return in 1699 to Heater’s Island in what is now Frederick
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