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Pottery type
Key Marco Pottery
Key Marco Pottery500 – 1500 A.D.Key facts
- Age
- 500 – 1500 A.D.
- Material
- Sand-tempered local clay; surfaces smoothed or lightly burnished.
Description
Key Marco pottery is a Glades-period coastal Florida ceramic type, typically plain or smoothed, with simple jar and bowl forms. Surfaces vary from tan to dark gray, often unevenly fired. Decoration is generally minimal or absent.
Size
Vessels range from 12–26 cm in diameter and 10–24 cm tall; walls 6–10 mm thick.
Distribution
Found throughout coastal southwest Florida, especially around the Ten Thousand Islands and Everglades.
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Additional information
Often associated with the Key Marco site and other coastal shell midden contexts; notable for its context alongside preserved wooden artifacts.