Alachua Cob Marked | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Type: Alachua Cob Marked

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Name, Origin, Date

Name:

Alachua Cob Marked

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United States/Southeas...

Date BCE/CE:

800-1600 CE

Period:

Late Woodland, Mississ...

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General Information

This type is affiliated with the Alachua Tradition and occurs most frequently in North Central Florida. Sand is used for inclusions/temper and the decoration of the vessels is cob-marked.

This description of Alachua Cob Marked comes from the Ceramic Technology Lab maintained by the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Technological Attributes

Fabric Description

Sand is used for inclu...

Technological Description

The decoration is c...

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Related Illustrations 2

Alachua Cob Marked (photo by P. Payne).

Vessels 0

Break Photos 0

Petrographic Samples 0

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Description

The decoration is cob-marked. Sand is used for inclusions/temper.

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Associated Wares/Ware Families

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Alachua Tradition

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Bibliography

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/
John Goggin, 1948 Some Pottery Types from Central Florida. Gainesville Anthropological Association.
Gordon R. Willey. Archeology of the Florida Gulf Coast. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1949a
Gordon R. Willey. Excavations in Southeast Florida. 42. Yale University, New Haven: Yale University Publications in Archaeology, 1949b
John M. Goggin, 1952 Space and Time Perspective in Northern St. Johns Archeology, Florida.. Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven.
Jerald T. Milanich. "The Alachua Tradition of North Central Florida" in Contributions of the Florida State Museum, Anthropology and History. 17. Gainesville: University of Florida, 1971

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