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Figure 6. Opa Locka Incised ceramic sherds: a) MDC.1.1000.5; b)

MDC.1.159.3; c) MDC.1.108.15; d) MDC.1.259.4.

by Goggin (1944) during his Upper Matecumbe investigations
(Goggin and Sommer 1949). Other investigators have also
illustrated this type (Willey 1949:Plates 3, 14; Griffin
2002:181, Figure 4 a-c).

Only one definite specimen of Matecumbe Incised was
found during these investigations (Figure 11a). That specimen
(MDC.1.122.6) was found in Block 2, Unit 7, Level 8. A
second possible specimen (MDC. 1.822.3) was recovered from
Feature 577, Unit 47.

Glades Tooled

This is a distinctive type characterized by tooling or
grooving on a thickened lip. The vessel shapes (as noted by
Goggin) include two types, one a hemispherical bow! with a
slightly in-facing rim, and a second vessel type which has a
constricted mouth with a grooved or incised lip (Goggin
1950b:235; Goggin and Sommer 1949:Plate 1; Griffin 2002:77-
78, Figure 4:2).

Only one specimen (MDC.1.214.13) was recovered from
the project parcel, specifically from Block 2, Unit 11, Level 7
(Figure 11d). It is worth noting that this level is just below the
Brickell era (ca. 1910) road fill, and that Level 7 soils had
nineteenth century artifacts mixed with prehistoric materials,
and that at lower depths, no historic materials were encoun-
tered. Two “early” or crimped varieties of rim tooling
(MDC.1.157.8.11 and MDC.1.182.10) also were uncovered,
but these are not the classic Glades Tooled as commonly
understood.

Glades Noded

The author has observed several specimens of this
type in southern Florida during the past thirty years.
Griffin notes its occurrence at the Granada site.
Glades Noded is characterized by embossments
below the exterior lip. The nodes are created by a
reed or tubular bone being pushed from the bowl
interior toward the exterior just below the lip. A
single specimen (MDC. 1.108.13) was found in Block
2, Unit 6, Level 7, a disturbed context with a mixture
of Glades II and III ceramic types (Figure 1 1b).

Ceramic Pipes

Of particular interest are the ceramic smoking
pipe fragments from the project parcel (Figures 12
and 13). Six pieces from three different pipes were
found—all from the MDC phase. Four are bowl
fragments and two are stem sherds. Three of the
pieces (MDC.1.450.1) are from a single bowl; two
sherds fit together. This group was found in the spoil
from the trench dug on the northwest circumference
of the Circle, thus no exact depth or context is known,
other than it being the midden context above the
bedrock. The pipe is made with fine-grained, sand-
tempered paste and may be of local manufacture.

Another bow] fragment (MDC.1.114.14) is made
from a coarse sand-tempered paste, but the paste colors (a buff
exterior and grey interior) are suggestive of an intermediate
chalkyware. Overall, the paste is Belle Glade-like in its
appearance. The fragment was found in Block 2, Unit 7, Level
5, which appears to be a disturbed context.

Specimen MDC. 1.68.7 is unusual in that it represents two
pieces that fit together, with a form suggesting a hole for
inhalation on the side or top of a rounded tube that opens to an
adjacent bowl. A small piece of carbonized residue adheres to
the interior bowl. The pipe is tan with coarse sand tempering
and was found in Block 1, Unit 4, Level 1, at a location about
five to seven feet northwest of the circle circumference.
Specimen MDC. 1.989.6 is a bowl fragment measuring 2.8 by
4.8 cm and was found on the surface, probably in the vicinity of
the Circle. It may be of importance, or simply a coincidence,
that all of the provenienced pipe fragments occurs within a 10
meter square area on the northwest side of the Circle.

Non-Local Ceramics

A smal] but interesting assemblage of non-local sherds was
recovered, These wares are plain and decorated wares with
tempering not typical of South Florida “sand tempering.” Non-
local tempers observed in the collection include grog, shell,
limestone, and quartzite—all of which are tempering materials
rarely observed at South Florida sites. Other clay types include
micaceous clay and sponge spicule clays—materials not
documented as being local to South Florida. Other attributes
reflecting ceramic diversity and non-local wares, such as
chemical elements, etc., probably occur, but that level of