Background

Historic Seminole brushed pottery named by John Goggin.

Sorting Criteria

Reticulation of brushed lines on limestone-tempered pottery.

May have either pinches or regular punctations that occur along or near the rim.

Rims are recurved, flaring on jars, and slightly incurving on bowls.

Lips are flattened, tapered, or rounded.

Known forms are globular, round-bottomed, constricted neck, and outflaring rim.

Bowls are open-mouthed and low.

Chronological Range

Eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries A.D.

Geographical Range

Northern Florida and perhaps southern Georgia.

References

Goggin 1953.

Goggin 1964:193-197.