ST. SIMONS HERRINGBONE STAMPED

Background

This name was by used Preston Holder for some stamped pottery he found on St. Simons Island in the 1930s.

However this type was never written up description.

Gordon Willey briefly describes this in his 1949 major publication.

Sorting Criteria

Pottery with herringbone stamping, paste unspecified, but likely grit rather than fiber.

Probably related to Swift Creek Complicated Stamped.

Chronological Range

Middle Woodland.

Geographical Range

Lower Georgia Coast?

References

Willey 1949:384.

Fairbanks 1956a:42.

DePratter 1991:168.