Summary Report to the Alabama Historical Commission on the Shovel Testing Survey of the Old Mobile Site (1MB94) Between 1990 And 1994

Title

Creator

Gregory A. Waselkov See all items with this value

Date

1995

Bibliographic Citation

Waselkov, Gregory A. 1995. Summary Report to the Alabama Historical Commission on the Shovel Testing Survey of the Old Mobile Site (1MB94) Between 1990 And 1994. Center For Archeological Studies, University of South Alabama, Mobile.

annotates

• 1MB94, Fort St. Louis de la Louisiane, or Old Mobile, the first French settlement established in 1702 and moved in 1711.
• Extensive archaeology has documented the presence of Apalachee, Mobile, Tome artifacts and likely occupation of the area alongside the French colonial settlement.
• This is likely the report where 1MB147 , which is within the boundary of 1MB94, is documented, although the site form does not include a report citation. This site is not in the ASSF mapper.
o Shovel testing completed; one is mentioned as containing daub possibly indicating the presence of structure(s).
o Artifact assemblage includes chert and Tallahatta sandstone debitage, as well as red filmed pottery and Lamar Complicated Stamped, 18th century bottle glass, and a piece of catlinite.

Subject

Alabama See all items with this value

Coastal Plain See all items with this value

Rivers See all items with this value

Delta See all items with this value

Pine Hills See all items with this value

Fort See all items with this value

Town See all items with this value

Apalachee See all items with this value

Tohomi (Tohome) See all items with this value

Moeli (Mobila Nation) See all items with this value

Survey See all items with this value

Sampling See all items with this value

Architecture See all items with this value

Red Filmed See all items with this value

Artifacts See all items with this value

Temporal Coverage

Postcontact See all items with this value

18th Century See all items with this value