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Pottery type
Kansas City Hopewell Pottery
Kansas City HopewellKey facts
- Material
- Grit- or sand-tempered clay; exteriors often cord-roughened or textile-impressed; interiors smoothed.
Description
Kansas City Hopewell pottery includes cordmarked, fabric-impressed, and lightly incised vessels associated with local Hopewell variants. Forms include conoidal jars with straight or slightly everted rims. Decoration is usually light: simple incisions, rocker stamping, or textile impressions.
Size
Jars typically 18–30 cm in rim diameter and 20–36 cm tall; walls 6–10 mm thick.
Distribution
Centering around the Kansas City area along the Missouri River.
Additional information
Represents western expressions of Hopewell material culture; ceramic styles show both Hopewell and Plains Woodland influences.