Decorated Tampa Bay Pottery Was Made by Migrant Mississippian Craftspeople, Study Finds

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Americas · United States · Oct 06, 2026
Primary source: ScienceDaily

Petrographic analysis of 58 century-old pottery fragments from Tampa Bay shows decorated vessels were made using grog-tempering techniques typical of the Mississippian heartland, pointing to migrant potters rather than local imitation.

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