Interesting piece for Hal

[SurfaceHunter]

Found this today with some others but I thought the design on this piece was pretty cool. Probably Swift Creek culture. North Georgia

[Benji]

Thats awesome surface......like the designs on that piece.

[SurfaceHunter]

Thanks got me some new flops to

[antmike915]

Cool piece, never found any with designs on it.

[SurfaceHunter]

Most everything is cord marked here so it was a nice change

[Hal Gorges]

Yeah, I just got here , been busy and I missed this one... You nailed it, I think Swift Creek was first typed in Georgia, don’t know for sure... what’s neat about your piece is, ,,you can really get a bird’s eye view of the tempering,...Ok. Nuff of that, go find more,...p.s. yours is not stamped, it’s incised...The paddles weren’t that big..I’m always open for correction, I joined up to learn..

[SurfaceHunter]

So you're saying it was drawn on by hand?

[Hal Gorges]

Yupp ..

[Hal Gorges]

Looking at it again, it has the look of the Mississippian pottery, bigger swirls, deeper etching, heavier tempering, etc...just judging from handling a bunch of it.

[SurfaceHunter]

I didn't wash it cause some times the decoration is easier to see with the ancient dirt in the grooves

[Hal Gorges]

Exactly right about easier to see, good call.S.H....I have put charcoal powder in grooves on light colored pieces, and baby powder on dark for a photo shoot, dusts off easy.

[Hal Gorges]

Another thing I do is put the light source to one side so shadows fill the grooves, every little bit helps .

[redrocks]

Cool piece Glenn. ..get more!!