Background

Named by Gordon Willey for Santa Rosa County, Florida, in 1949.

Sorting Criteria

Shell rocker stamping on ground clay or sherd-tempered pottery.

Rims are outflared or direct.

Lips are scalloped or notched.

Chronological Range

Middle Woodland Santa Rosa-Swift Creek period.

Geographical Range

Northwestern Florida Coast and presumably southwestern Georgia.

References

Willey and Woodbury 1942:242.

Willey 1949:376-378.

Wimberly 1960:74-76.

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