The very first pottery known in the Americas was found at sites of the Stallings culture of Georgia and South Carolina, which are dated about 4500 years ago. It seems to have developed as an alternative to carved steatite bowls; the pottery is pretty crude, and tempered with Spanish moss or other plant fibers.
Stallings Island is the 'type site' of the Stallings culture--by that archaeologists mean the site where the archaeological culture was first identified. The site is one of what archaeologists call 'shell mound Archaic', and to learn more, you'll just have to pick a link and click on through.
Stallings Island is the 'type site' of the Stallings culture--by that archaeologists mean the site where the archaeological culture was first identified. The site is one of what archaeologists call 'shell mound Archaic', and to learn more, you'll just have to pick a link and click on through.
- Stallings Island (USA)
- People of the Shoals: Stallings Culture of the Savannah River Valley, a recent book on the culture by Kenneth Sassaman
- Archaic Period
- Shell Middens and Archaeology
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