Excavators at the Parting Ways site uncovered two concentrated areas, shown below, with remarkably high concentrations of stone cobbles, pieces of pottery and glassware on the surface. |
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These surface remains produced a pattern that suggested comparisons with the material culture of African American ritual practices and their West African roots. The Parting Ways features presented a strong parallel to grave decoration practices as they were known from the American South and particular regions of West and Central Africa. The rendering below depicts the grave of a Kongo chieftain, from West Central Africa, decorated with ceramic and iron vessels and other offerings. |
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The etched, glass decanter pictured below, which dates from the early nineteenth century, was among the ceramic and glass vessels uncovered from the surface of the likely grave sites at Parting Ways. |
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