The Woodland Culture
Pottery Brings Change
Burial Mounds
Iowans Begin Raising Food
Indians Use Bows and Arrows
Iowans Give Up Nomad Life
Indian Tribes of Iowa
Techniques of Pottery Manufacture
Spring Hollow Incised Pottery
Woodland Artifacts
The Marching Bear Effigy Mounds 
Ceramic Vessel Terms
Woodland Rocker-Stamped Pottery
Spring Hollow Incised Pottery
Time Frame: Approximately 3,000 years ago
Spring Hollow Incised pottery, a regional version of Black Sand,was decorated by scratching the soft clay with a pointed implement probably of wood or bone. ites containing Black Sand pottery are often found on sand ridges in the valley bottoms of large rivers in eastern Iowa such as the Mississippi, the lower Skunk, and the lower Iowa.
Illustrated by Mary Slattery, Will Thomson, and David Crawford
Office of the State Archeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 3 - Woodland
Office of the State Archeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 3 - Woodland
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