As described by Willey 1949:441:
Definition as a type: From the Florida Gulf Coast
Ware characteristics: (See Hillsborough Shell Stamped)
Decoration:
Technique: Impressions of a small tooth-edge implement in the unfired clay.
Design: Rows of small dentaitons arranged in an irregulr fashion. Most specimens appear to have been stamped with a small unit stamp with four or five teeth. The pits of the individual impressions are about 1 mm. across. Some are rectangular, others semilunar. Some specimens appear to have been decorated with a single-track roulette or, possibly, a single-pointed punctating instrument. All are characterized by rows of small pit impressions, and the rows are oriented in all directions. (Pl. 36, i; pl. 37, a, b.)
Distribution: Vessel exterior. Possibly most of surface.
Form: Globular bowls, jars with short collars, and open bowls. Rims are sometimes thickened at the margin with suggestions of exterior folds (fig. 54.) Triangular rim projections or "ears." Incised line below rim in some cases. Lip rounded but varies from pointed to flattened.
Associations: Florida Gulf Coast. Most common around Tampa Bay and in the Manatee region. Weeden Island Period context, probably Weeden Island II.
