Background

Named by Richard Polhemus and James Polhemus, Jr.

A very distinctive early Mississippian type in upper eastern Tennessee.

Probably a name that should not be used in Georgia.

Roy Dickens equated it with Pisgah Complicated Stamped.

Sorting Criteria

Complicated stamping on grit-tempered.

Chronological Range

Early to Middle Mississippian.

Geographical Range

Eastern Tennessee.

References

Polhemus and Polhemus 1966:13-24.

Dickens 1976:172.

Broyles 1967:24.

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