The Stallings Culture was a Late Archaic people of the Georgia and South Carolina coastal zone, producers of Stallings fiber-tempered pottery, the oldest known pottery tradition in North America.
Declined and ceased as a distinct archaeological culture around 1200 BCE (3200 cal BP), as fiber-tempered pottery traditions were replaced by Early Woodland ceramic styles across Georgia and South Carolina; no single named successor polity.
Covers Archaic pottery traditions of the Southeast.
Discusses the Late Archaic Southeast and the origins of fiber-tempered pottery, North America's earliest, of which Stallings ware is the type.