a rounded base. It is typical of Ocmulgee Fields Incised in hav-
ing an incised band on the rim area. This is so similar to the
southeastern basket shape that it must surely have been derived
from that form, It is interesting in that it seems to take the
basket form back to the early historic period, rather that for
any light it throws on the origins of Creek pottery. From the
trading post area and an area north of the railroad cut just out-

side the monument boundary come two vessels that clearly indicate

the European influences effecting Creek pottery. The first is a
small Kasita Red Filmed mg with single loop handle from rim to
base, The red filming covers the entire surface of the mug. The

shape is quite obviously a direct copy of English or German salt-

glazed, stoneware mugs of the end of the 17th century. Its shape,
ring base, and single, large loop handle are quite foreign to the

southeastern ceramic tradition. The second jar might almost be

called a wide-necked bottle. It has a ring foot, rounded body,

long, curved and slightly flaring neck, and pinched rim-fillet.

It might be argued that this shape is derived from the Mississip-

pian carafe bottle shape. The total impression, however, is that

of an European "vase" shape and I feel sure the form is heavily

influenced by European, probably English, pottery.

In summary we find that Walnut Roughened and Chattahoochee
Brushed show a number of characteristics that relate them to
Lamar Complicated Stamped. Ocmulgee Fields Incised derives in de-
coration and shape from Lamar Bold Incised. Ocmmigee Check Stamp-
ed derives directly from Mercier Check Stamped. Kasita Red Film
ed may derive from an unnamed Lamar red painted type but is clear-
ly heavily influenced by Spanish majolica types and from Weeden
Island Zoned Red. Creek ceramics, then, are shown to have a numn-
ber of resemblances to the ceramics of the Lamar period which im-
mediately preceded the historic Creek occupation of most of the
Georgia area. It is tempting to derive the Ocmulgee Fields pot-
tery complex from Lamar and I have done so in previous papers. We
should, however, consider the ceramics identified as Cherokee be-
fore making any comprehensive statement,

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