Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast: Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South

564 Pages·1990·5.5 MB·English

by  John A. Walthall

Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast :
title: Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle
South
author: Walthall, John A.
publisher: University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin: 0817305521
print isbn13: 9780817305529
ebook isbn13: 9780585273037
language: English
Indians of North America--Southern States-
-Antiquities, Southern States--Antiquities,
subject
Indians of North America--Alabama--
Antiquities, Alabama--Antiquities.
publication date: 1980
lcc: E78.S65W34eb
ddc: 976
Indians of North America--Southern States-
-Antiquities, Southern States--Antiquities,
subject:
Indians of North America--Alabama--
Antiquities, Alabama--Antiquities.
Page i
Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast
Page ii
to
David L. DeJarnette
Page iii
Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast
Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South
John A. Walthall
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa and London
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FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION 1990
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98
Copyright © 1980 by
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Walthall, John A.
Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Indians of North AmericaSouthern States
Antiquities. 2. Southern StatesAntiquities.
3. Indians of North AmericaAlabamaAntiquities.
4. AlabamaAntiquities. I. Title.
E78.S65W34 976 79-13722
ISBN 0-8173-0552-1 (pbk.)
Page v
Contents
Illustrations and Tables vii
Preface xi
1 1
Discovering the Past
2 13
The Environment
3 20
Pioneer Hunters and Gatherers
4 38
The Archaic Stage
5 77
The Gulf Formational Stage
6 104
The Woodland Stage
7 185
The Mississippian Stage
8 246
The Twilight of Prehistory
Glossary 276
Bibliography 278
Index 297

Page vii
Illustrations and Tables
WPA Work Crew in the Guntersville Basin, 1939 6
WPA Shell Mound Excavation in the Pickwick Basin, 1936 6
David L. DeJarnette at Stanfield-Worley, 1961 9
Map of Major Physiographic Provinces of Alabama 14
Map of Alabama Counties 17
Map of Major River Systems and River Basins Discussed 18
in Text
Pebble Tools from the Crump Site, Lamar County 24
Map of Major Concentration of Fluted Projectile Points in 27
Eastern North America
Some Paleo-Indian Projectile Point Forms from Alabama 28
Sites
Paleo-Indian Projectile Points from the Middle Tennessee 29
Valley
Fluted Projectile Points and Paleo-Indian Tools from the 33
Quad Site
Map of Major Pre-ceramic Sites in Northern Alabama 39
Russell Cave 41
Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter 43
Projectile Points from Zone D, Stanfield-Worley 49
Early Archaic Kirk Horizon Projectile Points 53
Bifurcate-stem Projectile Points from Madison County 55
Ground Stone Implements 59
Morrow Mountain Projectile Points from Madison County 59
Burial 84 with Morrow Mountain Projectile Points In Situ, 63
Mulberry Creek Shell Mound
Morrow Mountain Burial at Stanfield-Worley 63
Late Archaic Bone Tools 71
Late Archaic Carved and Polished Bone Pins 71
Burial with Cache of Five Steatite Vessels at Flint River 72
Site
Steatite Bowl 72
Late Archaic Stemmed Projectile Points 75