ST. ANDREWS COMPLICATED STAMPED, Late Variety

Background

Named by Willey after St. Andrews Bay in northwestern Florida.

Like the Early variety above, this is a Swift Creek Complicated Stamped-like stamping.

Sorting Criteria

Rectangular complicated stamping on sand / grit-tempered pottery.

Execution of the stamping includes designs that are larger and bolder than in the Early Variety.

Rims are folded and are either straight or incurved and are the defining characteristic of the Late variety.

Chronological Range

Late Woodland Weeden Island I period.

Geographical Range

Northwestern Florida Coast.

References

Willey 1949:436.