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Garden Creek Archaeology of the Americ an South: New Directions and Perspectives Series Editor Christopher B. Rodning Editorial Advisory Board Robin A. Beck John H. Blitz I. Randolph Daniel Jr. Kandace R. Hollenbach Patrick C. Livingood Tanya M. Peres Thomas J. Pluckhahn Mark A. Rees Amanda L. Regnier Sissel Schroeder Lynne P. Sullivan Ian Thompson Richard A. Weinstein Gregory D. Wilson Garden Creek The Archaeology of Interaction in Middle Woodland Appalachia ALICE P. WRIGHT The University of Ala bama Press Tuscaloosa The University of Ala bama Press Tuscaloosa, Ala bama 35487- 0380 uapress.ua.edu Copyright © 2020 by the University of Ala bama Press All rights reserved. A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Inquiries about reproducing material from this work should be addressed to the University of Ala bama Press. Typeface: Minion Cover image: Blue Ridge Mountains, Haywood County, North Caro lina; courtesy of Alice P. Wright Cover design: David Nees Cataloging-i n- Publication data is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: 978- 0- 8173- 2040- 9 E- ISBN: 978- 0- 8173- 9270- 3 For the residents, past and present, of the Garden Creek site Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Archaeologies of Interaction 1 2 Middle Woodland Appalachia in Context 28 3 Biography of a Platform Mound 52 4 Biography of a Geometric Enclosure 92 5 Biography of an Occupation Area 124 6 Garden Creek and the Glocal Middle Woodland 144 References Cited 161 Index 191 Illustrations Figures 1.1 Middle Woodland and Mississippian components at Garden Creek, as mapped by the Cherokee Project 17 1.2 Contemporary landscape of the Garden Creek site, ca. 2008 19 1.3 Schematic map of Middle Woodland monuments at Garden Creek 21 2.1 Appalachian Summit, showing major west-fl owing river drainages and mica districts 42 3.1 Simplified Harris Matrix for Garden Creek Mound No. 2 Feature Groups 1 to 8 55 3.2 Typology of features associated with Mound No. 2 58 3.3 Plan map of Feature Groups 1 through 4 60 3.4 Plan map of Feature Group 5, on primary mound summit 60 3.5 Plan map of Feature Groups 6 and 7 63 3.6 Plan map of Feature Group 8, at base of plow zone / in sec ondary mound 63 3.7 Plan map of Feature Groups 9 and 10 65 3.8 Locations of Structures 1 to 8 with associated Feature Groups 1 and 9 69 3.9 Orientation of Structures 1, 5, 6, and 8 at base of the pre-m ound midden 70 3.10 Orientation of Structures 2, 3, 4, and 7 at base of the pre-m ound midden 70 3.11 Locations of Structures 9 and 10 with associated Feature Groups 2, 3, and 10 71 3.12 Orientation of Structures 9 and 10 on the top of the pre-m ound midden 72 3.13 Location of Structure 11 with associated Feature Group 5 73 4.1 Magnetometer survey results showing Enclosures No. 1 and No. 2 93 4.2 Enclosure No. 1, shown in GPR time slices 94 4.3 Enclosure No. 2, shown in GPR time slices 94 4.4 Composite GPR reflections of Enclosures No. 1 and No. 2 95 4.5 Enclosure No. 1 excavation units shown over GPR reflections 96 4.6 Base of Enclosure No. 1 excavation looking east 97