Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast: Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South PDF
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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 Page iv 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
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