Swift Creek culture
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The Swift Creek culture was a Native American archaeological culture in the Southeastern United States, notable for its distinctive stamped pottery and mound-building activities during the Middle Woodland period.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ |
| archaeologicalResearchField | Southeastern archaeology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Piedmont region
ⓘ
coastal plain ⓘ riverine environments ⓘ |
| burialCustoms | interment in mounds ⓘ |
| chronologicalPhase |
Early Swift Creek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Swift Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Marksville culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Rosa–Swift Creek culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 700 CE ⓘ |
| followedBy | Weeden Island culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtifactType |
Swift Creek complicated stamped pottery
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check-stamped pottery ⓘ plain sand-tempered pottery ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf | long-distance exchange of exotic materials ⓘ |
| hasImportantSite |
Kolomoki Mounds
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lamar site NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandeville site NERFINISHED ⓘ Swift Creek site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
burial mound construction
ⓘ
horticulture and gathering of wild resources ⓘ trade and exchange with neighboring cultures ⓘ |
| hasTypeSite | Swift Creek site ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hopewell tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complicated stamped pottery
ⓘ
mound building ⓘ village settlements near rivers and wetlands ⓘ wooden paddles carved with intricate designs used to stamp pottery ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Florida ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
Tennessee ⓘ |
| potteryDecorationTechnique | paddle stamping ⓘ |
| potteryMotifs |
curvilinear designs
ⓘ
geometric designs ⓘ zoomorphic designs ⓘ |
| potteryTemper | sand-tempered ⓘ |
| sharesFeaturesWith | Hopewell tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 100 CE ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Woodland period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeSiteLocatedIn | Bibb County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.