Background

Joseph Caldwell and Antonio Waring named this type based upon work at the Deptford site, 9Ch2, in Chatham County.

Sorting Criteria

Linear check stamping on sand / grit-tempered pottery

The temper is fine to medium quartz grit.

Vessels are cylindrical with a shoulder that tapers to a conoidial or rounded base.

The rims of these vessels are straight to slightly flaring.

Oval folded rims occur sometimes.

Chronological Range

Middle Woodland period.

This type occurs in the late in Refuge period or early in the Deptford period.

Geographical Range

This type occurs all over Georgia, except that in northern Georgia it is called Cartersville Linear Check Stamped.

References

Caldwell and Waring 1939a:8.

Willey 1949:354-356.

Griffin and Sears 1950.

Goggin 1952:105.

Wimberly 1960:86.

DePratter 1991:169-170.