Santa Rosa Stamped

Background

Named by Gordon Willey for Santa Rosa County, Florida, in 1949.

Sorting Criteria

Shell rocker stamping on ground clay or sherd-tempered pottery. Rims are outflared or direct. Lips are scalloped or notched.

Geographical Range
Northwestern Florida Coast and presumably southwestern Georgia.
Chronological Range
Middle Woodland Santa Rosa-Swift Creek period
Temper
Clay/Grog Temper
Surface Treatment
Shell Rocker Stamped
Pottery Image(s)
Color photo, 6 Indigenous ceramic fragments of various size and treatment, such as fingernail punctuations, incisions, cross-simple and curvilinear stamps.