As described by Willey 1949:438-440:

Definition as a type: From Tampa Bay vicinity

Ware characteristics: Probably coiled. Compact and sand-tempered with a gray or buff core. Surfaces gray or buff. Thicknes varies from 5 to 11 mm. with average at 8 mm.

Decoration: Unfired surface of vessel has been stamped with a straightlined stamping tool. This may have been a carved paddle. Individual unit of the stamp is short (1.5 cm. long) and is composed of from 3 to 6 parallel bars. The bars of the stamp are close-spaced and about 2 mm. wide. Application is overlapping and orientiation on vessel irregular. Most of the vessel exterior is covered (Pl. 37, c, d.)

Form: Medium-deep bowls with outcurved sides and bowls or jars with slightly incurved sides. Rims unmodified. Lips round-pointed. A few rather crudely formed triangular rim projections noted.

Geographical range of type: Mostly in the Manatee Region and around Tampa Bay. Does extend farther north, however

Chronological position of type: Related to Deptford Simple Stamped.

Bibliography: Willey (1948a)