Ware Group Descriptions

 

Ware Name

Refuge

 

Defining Attributes

Simple stamped, sand/grit temper. "Softer than Deptford"

 

Figure: Simple Stamped Refuge from the SCIAA type collection

Age

A good series of dates between 964 and 1194BC (mean, Calib 5.1 applied) has been obtained recently (Crook 2009).

 

Distribution

Following the type description strictly these seem to be found primarily in the lower reaches of the Savannah, but if the "dentate stamp as type indicator" approach is taken its distribution mirrors Thoms Creek.

 

Description

Paste/Temper

"Grit and sand in considerable quantities"..."Texture: medium to coarse" (DePratter 1991)

 

Surface Treatment

Simple stamped, plain

 

Decoration

Punctate, incised, dentate stamp.

 

Vessel Forms

Hemispherical bowls, conoidal jars

 

Links

Early Period Introduction

DePratter 1979, 1991

Anderson 1996