Unglazed Coarse Earthenware is not a ceramic type, but rather a broad generic category that incorporates unglazed, coarse earthenware pottery that does not conform to existing type descriptions. Formal and associational attributes are critical to interpreting such vessels.

This description of Unglazed Coarse Earthenware (generic) comes from the Historical Archaeology Digital Ceramic Type Collection maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Coarse, mineral-tempered, and incompletely compacted paste. Unglazed surfaces, that may be smoothed, or show evidence of firing effluvium. Occurs in virtually all described utilitarian forms, as well as plates, platters, and bowls.