Background

The Kelvin series was defined by Fred Cook for late Swift Creek ceramics on the central to lower Georgia Coast. He considered this material sufficiently unique to warrant a separate series designation.

The material was named after the Kelvin Grove subdivision site on St. Simons Island.

Probably related to some of the Weeden Island types.

Cook himself considered this a tentative type.

Sorting Criteria

A few sherds with fairly thin incised lines on paste similar to Kelvin Complicated Stamped.

Chronological Range

Late Middle to Late Woodland.

Geographical Range

Central to lower Georgia coastal region.

References

Cook 1979:78, 84.