Background

Named by John Goggin after Alachua County, Florida, where Gainesville is located.

Worth includes this as part of his Suwannee Valley series.

Sorting Criteria

Corncob impressions on the surface of medium sand-tempered pottery.

The markings may be in rows or randomly placed on the surface.

Chronological Range

Late Mississippian into the Historic period.

Geographical Range

North central-Florida and south-central Georgia.

References

Goggin 1948:3.

Willey 1949:494.

Milanich 1971:32.

Worth 1992, n.d.