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Grinding clay: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 14; Figure 12 shows the belt-driven clay grinder, the shovel used to feed the clay into it, and the fine clay dust that coats everything around it. Clay grinding is an unavoidably dusty process but remains an essential part of the process of preparing clay for...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Clay drying: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 13; Figure 11 shows the clay drying area of a modern pottery. This area has a cement floor and a roof to keep the clay from being rained on as it dries enough to be ground. Note that the raw clay is full of lumps. These have to be pulverized by grinding and hammering....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use: A “virtual field trip” through the North Carolina Piedmont and thousands of years of history explains the origin of Piedmont clays and how clay is made into pottery. With high-resolution photographs.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

White clay and Wedgwood pottery: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 11; Figure 9 shows an example of one of the well-documented cases in which the British colonial economic policy was applied in North Carolina. In 1767, the famous English pottery manufacturer Josiah Wedgwood sent a representative to North Carolina to obtain a...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

From clay to pot: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 12; The remainder of this field trip is devoted to showing what humans must do to convert the clays recovered from the ground as shown in the first two photographs into the objects shown in Figures 3 through 9. We need to begin by describing what happens to native...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Why does the Piedmont have so much clay and how is it used?: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 2; North Carolina's Piedmont has so much clay because clay is, quite literally, “common as dirt.” Seventy-five percent of the earth's surface is composed of silica (SiO2) and aluminia (Al2O3), the primary ingredients...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Clay Drying and Clay Grinder of Modern Pottery: Format: image/photograph

Becoming one with clay: Pinch pots: This lesson will provide students with an initial, successful experience with clay. They will begin with a small, palm-size piece of soft clay, mold it into a ball, and then create a small rounded pot.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Visual Arts Education); By Renee Miller.

Clay Drying and Clay Grinder of Modern Pottery: Format: image/photograph

The Piedmont's first human inhabitants: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 4; The first human inhabitants of the Piedmont to make use of its clays were the American Indians. People who lived along the banks of the Potomac and Savannah Rivers discovered the seemingly miraculous transformation of mud into stone by heat about 4500 years...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Clay County Historical and Arts Museum: Visit the red brick jailhouse that has been turned into a museum and exhibit space by the Clay County Historical and Arts Council.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Primary and secondary clays: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 3; The old photograph on the introductory page and Figure 1 show secondary and primary clays being recovered from the earth's crust in North Carolina's Piedmont. Most of the clays used in pottery are secondary, but much brick-making clay and some specialized...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Digging for clay on the Pamunkey Reservation: Format: image/photograph

Common artifacts: Daub and fired clay: Photograph of daub and fired clay artifacts found at Occaneechi Town. Daub and fired clay are created when clay is hardened by fire. Daub represents mud plaster used to construct wattle-and-daub houses. It normally exhibits stick impressions from the wattle....; Format: image/photograph

Clay to Pot Transformation: Format: image/photograph

Mining for clay: Format: image/photograph

Henry Clay: Format: image/illustration

Henry Clay: Format: image/painting

Old Clay County Courthouse in Hayesville, North Carolina: This is the historic Clay County Courthouse in Hayesville, North Carolina. It was built in 1888 and appears in the National Register of Historic Places. Hayesville is the seat of Clay County.; Format: image/photograph

Common artifacts: Clay pipe fragments: Photograph of clay pipe fragments found at Occaneechi Town. The Occaneechi smoked tobacco, and possibly other plants. This is reflected by the numerous clay pipe-stem and pipe-bowl fragments that were found. Some of these were made by Native Americans (probably...; Format: image/photograph

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