Background

Named after the Irene site, 9Ch1, in the northern portion of Savannah excavated in the late 1930s.

Related to Lamar Plain.

Sorting Criteria

Burnished plain pottery on grit-tempered pottery.

Vessels have a wide variety of forms, including bowls with incurving or straight rims, flared rim jars, and specialty forms such as boat-shaped vessels.

Chronological Range

Late Mississippian Irene period.

Geographical Range

The name for this type is only used on the Georgia Coast.

References

DePratter 1991:193.