An Archaeological Survey in Clarke County, Alabama

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An Archaeological Survey in Clarke County, Alabama

Creator

Ian W. Brown See all items with this value

Date

2009

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Bibliographic Citation

Brown, Ian W. 2009. An Archaeological Survey in Clarke County, Alabama. Alabama Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 26. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

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• The Gulf Coast Survey, based out of the University of Alabama, conducted one month of work in Clarke County supported by a grant from AHC.
• Based effort on “gaps” in recorded sites, which were identified as the salt springs, upland terraces, confluences, and mineral quarry sites, and focused on the southwest portion of the county.
• 55 sites visited, 46 of which were new locations, and 127 collections made from occupations ranging from the Paleoindian to the mid-nineteenth century.
• More coverage of the Tallahatta sandstone outcrops than most reports provide:1CK305 and 1CK306.
• Context provides very brief mention of Tome, Choctaw occupations
• Descriptive summary of the sites visited, and the collections made.

Subject

Alabama See all items with this value

Coastal Plain See all items with this value

Pine Hills See all items with this value

Rivers See all items with this value

Ceramics See all items with this value

Lithics See all items with this value

Tallahatta sandstone See all items with this value

Doctor Lake See all items with this value

Survey See all items with this value

Sites See all items with this value

Temporal Coverage

Precontact See all items with this value

Postcontact See all items with this value

Paleoindian See all items with this value

Archaic See all items with this value

Woodland See all items with this value

Mississippian See all items with this value