Background

This type was only made for a brief period in time possibly only 100 years.

Named by Chester DePratter after the Walthour site in Chatham County.

Sorting Criteria

Complicated stamping on clay or grog-tempered pottery.

Designs include concentric circles and figure-eights, but others may occur.

Rims are straight.

Lips are rounded or squared.

Known vessel forms are conoidal jar and hemispherical bowls.

Chronological Range

Middle Woodland, Wilmington I phase.

Geographical Range

The upper Georgia Coast.

References

DePratter 1991:175-176.