Background

This type was originally defined by David Phelps.

Perhaps related to the Wheeler Plain series of northern Alabama.

Name origin is uncertain.

Sorting Criteria

Fiber-tempered plain.

Chronological Range

Late Archaic.

Very late in the fiber tempered sequence, and probably equivalent to the Refuge Plain series on the Georgia Coast in time.

Geographical Range

The Tallahassee area along the Florida Gulf Coast, and perhaps into southwestern Georgia.

References

Phelps 1965:66-69.