Members, Excavations by the University of West Florida at the Spanish presidio site of Santa Maria de Galve on the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida have produced a ceramic type that we cannot currently identify. I am posting this description and brief site background with the hope that someone can point us in the right direction for identification of these pieces. Santa Maria de Galve and the related fort, San Carlos de Austria, was established by the Spanish in 1698. The site was also captured and held by the French for a short period from 1719 to 1722. The Spanish settlement was then relocated to another site on Pensacola Bay. Artifacts and historic documents show evidence of trade between Santa Maria and the French settlement of Old Mobile. There are relatively few French artifacts; however, there are a significant number of Spanish artifacts from the same time period at the site of Old Mobile. There is no well-defined prehistoric component on the site, but there are a relatively large number of Native American ceramics in direct association with Spanish and French artifacts. The vast majority are plain; however, we have identified some ceramics associated with the Apalachee from the mission period, and other ceramics from the Leon-Jefferson period in Florida. The following is a brief description of the pieces that we have recovered over the last two field seasons: Form: Small (approximate diameter 8-9 inches), bowls with slightly flared rims. Paste: Grainy sand paste, ranging from dark gray to reddish gray. There also appears to be some mica (biotite?) included in some pieces. Manufacture: The pieces are wheel-turned and smoothed, if not completely wheel thrown. Surface Treatment: A zone of approx. 2 to 3 inches below the flaring rim is stamped with a semi-circular design resembling what looks like half a modern crown bottle cap impression. These impresions have 7 to 11 points on each small semi-circle (approx. 1 inch in length for each stamp). There is one incised line above and below the stamping. Glaze: They are typically unglazed, but one small piece seems to have a thin clear lead glaze. The nearby contempory sites of Old Mobile and the San Luis Mission site near Tallahassee have not produced any of these ceramics. The general conclusion so far is that these are neither Spanish nor French, and not of Native American manufacture. In our early stages of analysis, we have recovered less than 100 of these sherds. A Spanish feature produced over 1/3 of a vessel, not including any portion of the base, along with Spanish and Native American artifacts. I hope that this description is adequate. If there are any other questions about the vessel that would be helpful in identification, please contact me at the address below. Thank you, Norma Harris ([log in to unmask]) Lab Supervisor University of West Florida