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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Swift Creek culture canonical 3
Santa Rosa–Swift Creek culture 1

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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
Late Swift Creek
coexistedWith Marksville culture
Santa Rosa–Swift Creek culture
linked to: Swift Creek culture
continent North America
endTime circa 700 CE
followedBy Weeden Island culture
hasArtifactType Swift Creek complicated stamped pottery
check-stamped pottery
plain sand-tempered pottery
hasEvidenceOf long-distance exchange of exotic materials
hasImportantSite Kolomoki Mounds
Lamar site
Mandeville site
Swift Creek site
hasPractice burial mound construction
horticulture and gathering of wild resources
trade and exchange with neighboring cultures
hasTypeSite Swift Creek site
influencedBy Hopewell tradition
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
South Carolina
Southeastern United States
Tennessee
potteryDecorationTechnique paddle stamping
potteryMotifs curvilinear designs
geometric designs
zoomorphic designs
potteryTemper sand-tempered
sharesFeaturesWith Hopewell tradition
startTime circa 100 CE
timePeriod Middle Woodland period
typeSiteLocatedIn Bibb County, Georgia
linked to: Bibb County

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Woodland period hasCulture Swift Creek culture
Woodland period hasNotableCulture Swift Creek culture
Kolomoki Mounds associatedWithCulture Swift Creek culture
Swift Creek culture coexistedWith Santa Rosa–Swift Creek culture
linked to: Swift Creek culture