Southern Footprints
Southern Footprints
Exploring Gulf Coast Archaeology
Southern Footprints celebrates more than fifty years of archaeological research along the Gulf Coast by the University of South Alabama and the Center for Archaeological Studies. Archaeologists Gregory A. Waselkov and Philip J. Carr, the former and current directors of the center, present the “greatest hits” that have transformed knowledge of human history on the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast from the Ice Age until recently. Each archaeological site, from surface collections to premiere archaeological preserves, such as Old Mobile and Holy Ground, offers clues to the past.
The chapters in this collection are arranged chronologically and survey the history and archaeology of a wide range of significant sites, including the Gulf Shores canoe canal, Bottle Creek Mounds, Old Mobile, Fort Mims, Spanish Fort, Spring Hill College, and Mobile River Bridge.
Waselkov and Carr take care to acknowledge in these stories populations who have been historically underdocumented, now recognizing the contributions of Native Americans and African Americans that have been uncovered through archaeology. The authors reveal the dire impacts of climate change, environmental disasters, development, and neglect—and convey their urgency to protect these areas of shared history—as a result of the meticulous excavation, analysis, and preservation of artifacts from these sites. Color photographs showcase the archaeology as it unfolds, often with the help of dedicated volunteers. Southern Footprints will serve as an indispensable reference on the rich Gulf Coast heritage for all to appreciate.
‘The archaeology of southern Alabama makes interesting and important contributions to knowledge about culture and history of the Gulf South, and Gregory A. Waselkov and Philip J. Carr bring this archaeology to life here in an expertly crafted, compelling book that deserves to be widely read by specialists and the broader public.’
—Christopher B. Rodning, author of Center Places and Cherokee Towns: Archaeological Perspectives on Native American Architecture and Landscape in the Southern Appalachians'[The] text provides important intellectual content, while high-quality photos of excavations, maps, and artifacts stimulate the visual senses.'
—Alabama Writers' Forum
Gregory A. Waselkov is professor emeritus of anthropology and former director of the Center for Archaeological Studies at the University of South Alabama. He has written several books, including Old Mobile Archaeology and A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814.
Philip J. Carr is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Archaeological Studies at the University of South Alabama. He is coeditor of Signs of Power: The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast, and Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast: Problems, Solutions, and Interpretations, and Investigating the Ordinary: Everyday Matters in Southeast Archaeology.
Foreword by Frye Gaillard
Acknowledgments
An Introduction to the Archaeology of South Alabama and the Central Gulf Coast
Part I. South Alabama
Chapter 1. The Archaeology Museum at the University of South Alabama
Chapter 2. Greater Mobile-Tensaw River Area
Part II. Site Discovery
Chapter 3. Coastal Surveys
Chapter 4. Surveys of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and Mobile Bay
Chapter 5. National Forest Surveys
Part III. Archaic Period (9500–1000 BC)
Chapter 6. John Forrest Site
Chapter 7. Lincoln County Mound
Chapter 8. Silver Run
Part IV. Woodland Period (1000 BC–AD 1150)
Chapter 9. Gulf Shores Canoe Canal
Chapter 10. Bayou St. John
Chapter 11. Clarke County
Part V. Mississippian Period (AD 1150–1700)
Chapter 12. Bottle Creek Mounds
Chapter 13. Dauphin Island Shell Mounds
Chapter 14. McInnis Site
Chapter 15. Dugout Canoes
Part VI. French Colonial Period (1699–1763)
Chapter 16. Old Mobile
Chapter 17. Port Dauphin
Chapter 18. Fort Condé
Part VII. Colonial Plantations
Chapter 19. La Pointe-Krebs Plantation
Chapter 20. Bon Secour River Sites
Chapter 21. Rivière aux Chiens Plantation
Chapter 22. Augustin Rochon Plantation
Chapter 23. Lisloy Plantation
Chapter 24. The Village
Chapter 25. Water Street, Mobile
Part VIII. Late Colonial/Early Federal Period (1764–1859)
Chapter 26. The Southeast in 1773
Chapter 27. Exploreum Science Center and History Museum of Mobile
Chapter 28. Historic Blakeley Park
Chapter 29. Fort Mims
Chapter 30. Ekvncakv/Holy Ground
Chapter 31. Old St. Stephens
Part IX. Civil War Era (1860–1868)
Chapter 32. Africatown Visitor Center
Chapter 33. Camp Withers
Chapter 34. Spanish Fort
Chapter 35. 1865 Ordnance Explosion
Part X. Late Nineteenth Century
Chapter 36. Spring Hill College
Chapter 37. Eastern Shore Potteries
Chapter 38. Mount Vernon
Chapter 39. Lucrecia Perryman’s Well
Part XI. Modern Times (1900–Present)
Chapter 40. Bayou La Batre
Chapter 41. I-10 Mobile River Bridge
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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