Background

Joseph Caldwell defined this in his Allatoona Reservoir report based upon his excavations there in the late 1940s.

This is a specific complicated stamped motif that is quite common during the Etowah period.

Sorting Criteria

A line block design on what otherwise would be called Etowah Complicated Stamped pottery.

This is grit-tempered pottery.

Chronological Range

Middle Mississippi period.

Geographical Range

Northwest Georgia primarily, but occurs over most of the state.

References

Caldwell n.d.:15a.