The abundance of tobacco pipe fragments found on 18^th and 19^th century sites attests to the widespread use of tobacco by our ancestors.  The top two pipestems are parts of ball clay pipes; this type of pipe, with its long, fragile stem, was used from the 17^th century into the 20^th century.  The stoneware pipestem fragment on the bottom is from a reed pipe, which was used during the ca. 1820s – 1930s.  With this type of pipe, a hollow reed was inserted into the pipe before use; this disposable reed pipestem would be replaced periodically, leaving the stoneware bow 1 intact.

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