Background

This type was originally defined in the Wheeler Basin on the Tennessee River in north-central Alabama based upon WPA excavations there in the 1930s

The fiber-tempered pottery of this area has traditionally been looked at as later than that occurring in the Savannah River basin and Florida.

Formerly called Bluff Creek Punctated.

Sorting Criteria

Punctuations on fiber-tempered pottery.

Chronological Range

Late Archaic.

Geographical Range

Northern Alabama and northwestern Georgia.

References

Sears and Griffin 1950.