The Orange Period was a Late Archaic archaeological culture along the eastern Florida peninsula, defined by Orange-series fiber-tempered pottery, representing one of the earliest pottery traditions in North America.
Ended around 1000 BCE as the Orange fiber-tempered pottery tradition of eastern Florida was replaced by Early Woodland ceramic traditions, with no single named successor culture.
Survey covering Florida Archaic cultures and early pottery traditions.
Covers the Florida and Southeast Late Archaic and the early fiber-tempered pottery traditions, of which the Orange series is a key example.