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
Woodland Rocker-Stamped Pottery
Time Frame: Approximately 3,000 years ago
Woodland ceramics, is also characterized by thick, bag-shaped vessels with large amounts of grit temper. Its distinguishing features are a variety of dentate (toothed) and rocker-stamped designs and areas of geometric patterns. Rocker-stamped designs were those produced by rocking a sharp-edged implement back and forth over the clay while it was still soft.
Illustrated by Mary Slattery, Will Thomson, and David Crawford
Office of the State Archaeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 3 - Woodland
Office of the State Archaeologist
Adapted from Office Of The State Archaeologist, Educational Series 3 - Woodland
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