Savannah Burnished Plain

Background

Named for the Savannah River and the city of Savannah by Joseph Caldwell and Antonio Waring.

Sorting Criteria

Burnished grit-tempered pottery. This type has a wide variation of vessel forms. The most common forms are carinated, shallow, and hemispherical bowls. Rims are incurving or straight and sometimes flaring. Lips are rounded, squared, or rounded-squared.

Geographical Range
The entire state of Georgia.
Chronological Range
Middle Mississippian, Savannah period.
Temper
Grit Temper
Surface Treatment
Plain
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