Aucilla Incised | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Type: Aucilla Incised

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

Aucilla Incised

Country/Region:

United States/Southeas...

Date BCE/CE:

AD 17th century

Period:

Mission

Earlier/Alternative Names

Ocmulgee Fields Incised, var. Aucilla

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General Information

The regions of greatest occurrence are North Florida and South Georgia. Mission is the cultural affiliation.

This description of Aucilla Incised comes from the Ceramic Technology Lab maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Detail Attributes

Morphological Attributes

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Technological Attributes

Fabric Description

sand/grit-tempered

Technological Description

The decoration is i...

Firing

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Related Illustrations 1

Aucilla Incised, AKA Ocmulgee Fields Incised, var. Aucilla (photo by P. Payne)

Vessels 0

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Description

Sand and grit are used as temper, the decoration is incised, and may have punctations.

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Associated Wares/Ware Families

Ware name:

Mission

Date:

17th centry CE

Period:

Mission

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Bibliography

Smith, Hale G.. "Two Historical Archaeological Periods in Florida." American Antiquity 13(4) (1948), 313-319
Mark F. Boyd, Hale G. Smith, and John W. Griffin Gainesville.. Here They Once Stood: The Tragic End of the Apalachee Missions. Gainesville.: University Press of Florida, 1951
Lindsey Bloch, Ann Cordell, and Neill Wallis. Pre-Columbian Pottery Types Gallery, 2023. April 6, 2023. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ceramiclab/pottery-types-gallery/

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Discussion/Acknowledgements

Willey 1948 was also listed on the FLMNH website but the bibliographic information was not provided.