Background

Original name was Franklin Plain (named after Franklin County, Florida) by Gordon Willey for Florida.

Waring and Caldwell never defined the plain pottery from the Deptford site in the late 1930s.

This was defined later by implication for Middle Woodland plain pottery.

The term Cartersville is used for similar plain pottery in northern Georgia.

Sorting Criteria

Plain pottery that is sand-tempered and associated with a Deptford site or component.

Chronological Range

Middle Woodland period.

Geographical Range

The Georgia Coast and southern Georgia as well as adjacent Florida.

References

Wauchope 1966:52-54.