11. Discussion

In previous chapters, evidence pertaining to different aspects of the development of tobacco pipe kilns has been presented, under separate headings. The following pages are devoted to the evaluation of this evidence, initially in the same manner, as separate aspects, culminating in a collective appraisal. The final part of the chapter is devoted to discussion of possible origins for the technological package employed in the pipemaking trade.

11.1 Evaluation of the Evidence

• Muffles
• Furniture
• Props
• Buns
• Dishes
• Saggars
• Bats
• Furniture Supplements
• Rolls, Straps, Wads and Applied Strips
• Thin Sheets
• Slag, Stem and Thin Sheet Laminates
• Racks
• Ground Plans
• Superstructures
• Summary of the Archaeological Record
• Materials
• Miscellany
• The Tipping Furnace

11.2 Possible Origins of the Industry

11.3 Future Work

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