Pensacola Incised Pottery

Pensacola Incised is a Mississippian Gulf Coast pottery type featuring fine incised geometric patterns arranged in panels separated by straight lines. Motifs include triangles, rectilinear bands, and nested designs. Vessels are usually flared-rim bowls, bottles, and small globular jars with smooth surfaces.

Common vessel sizes range from 14–28 cm in diameter for bowls and 16–30 cm in height for jars and bottles. Wall thickness is generally 4–7 mm.

Centered around coastal Alabama and northwest Florida, including Pensacola Bay and Mobile Bay regions.

Pensacola Incised is diagnostic of the Pensacola culture along the Florida and Alabama Gulf Coast. It often occurs with other Pensacola types such as red-filmed and engraved wares.