Chester B. DePratter and Christopher Judge
from Williams and Shapiro, ed. 1990
Belmont Neck A.D. 1200-1250 [Etowah]
Notes:
Phase was named for the Belmont Neck site (38KE6). All the best collections are stored at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia.
Ceramic attributes:
Tempering is fine to medium sand.
Some tempering is coarse sand/fine grit.
Complicated stamping accounts for 43 percent.
Motifs: predominantly concentric circles, undefined concentric
curvilinear forms, Etowah cross-bar diamond present
but rare.
Incising is absent.
Plain accounts for 31 percent.
Burnished plain accounts for 9 percent.
Simple rims account for 86 percent.
Notched rims account for 7 percent.
Reed punctations below lip are in low frequency.
Adamson A.D. 1250-1300 [Savannah]
Notes:
Phase was named for the Adamson site. All the best collections are stored at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia.
Ceramic attributes:
Phase Characteristics
Tempering is medium sand to medium grit.
Complicated stamping accounts for 23 percent.
Motifs: predominantly filfot cross, line block.
Plain accounts for 45 percent.
Burnished plain accounts for 14 percent.
Rim forms include: simple (53 percent), notched (13 percent),
punctations below lip (13 percent), rosettes (3 percent).
Lip punctation is rare.
Zoned punctation below lip is rare.
Riveted lugs are present.
Fabric marking is present.
Town Creek A.D. 1300-1350 [Lamar]
Notes:
Phase was named for the Town Creek site.
Ceramic attributes:
Tempering is medium sand to medium grit.
Complicated stamping accounts for 30 percent.
Motifs: filfot cross, line block.
Plain accounts for 30 percent.
Burnished plain accounts for 19 percent.
Rim forms include: simple (43 percent), segmented applique strips (17 percent), punctated applique strips (13 percent), rosettes (8 percent), nodes (4.5 percent).
McDowell A.D . 1350-1450 [Lamar]
Notes:
Phase was named for the McDowell site.
All the best collections are stored at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia.
Ceramic attributes:
Tempering is medium sand to medium grit.
Complicated stamping accounts for 45 percent.
Motifs: filfot cross.
Stamping is bolder and motifs are larger.
Mulberry A.D. 1450-1550 [Lamar]
Notes:
Phase was named for the Mulberry site.
All the best collections are stored at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology; Columbia.
Ceramic attributes:
Complicated stamping is present.
Lamar-like incising is present.
Segmented or punctated applique rim strips are present.
Vertical ticks are present on vessel shoulders.
Daniels A.D. 1550-1675 [Lamar]
°Notes:
Phase was named for the Daniels site.
All the best collections are stored at the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia.
Ceramic attributes:
Sloppy "exploded" stamping is present.
Wide applique rim strips are present.
Thick vessel walls are present.