Southern Footprints

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, Contemporary Lithic Analysis in the Southeast: Problems, Solutions, and Interpretations, and Investigating the Ordinary: Everyday Matters in Southeast Archaeology.

“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

• Foreword by Frye GaillardAcknowledgmentsAn Introduction to the Archaeology of South Alabama and the Central Gulf CoastPart I. South AlabamaChapter 1. The Archaeology Museum at the University of South AlabamaChapter 2. Greater Mobile-Tensaw River AreaPart II. Site DiscoveryChapter 3. Coastal SurveysChapter 4. Surveys of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and Mobile BayChapter 5. National Forest SurveysPart III. Archaic Period (9500–1000 BC)Chapter 6. John Forrest SiteChapter 7. Lincoln County MoundChapter 8. Silver RunPart IV. Woodland Period (1000 BC–AD 1150)Chapter 9. Gulf Shores Canoe CanalChapter 10. Bayou St. JohnChapter 11. Clarke CountyPart V. Mississippian Period (AD 1150–1700)Chapter 12. Bottle Creek MoundsChapter 13. Dauphin Island Shell MoundsChapter 14. McInnis SiteChapter 15. Dugout CanoesPart VI. French Colonial Period (1699–1763)Chapter 16. Old MobileChapter 17. Port DauphinChapter 18. Fort CondÉPart VII. Colonial PlantationsChapter 19. La Pointe-Krebs PlantationChapter 20. Bon Secour River SitesChapter 21. RiviÈre aux Chiens PlantationChapter 22. Augustin Rochon PlantationChapter 23. Lisloy PlantationChapter 24. The VillageChapter 25. Water Street, MobilePart VIII. Late Colonial/Early Federal Period (1764–1859)Chapter 26. The Southeast in 1773Chapter 27. Exploreum Science Center and History Museum of MobileChapter 28. Historic Blakeley ParkChapter 29. Fort MimsChapter 30. Ekvncakv/Holy GroundChapter 31. Old St. StephensPart IX. Civil War Era (1860–1868)Chapter 32. Africatown Visitor CenterChapter 33. Camp WithersChapter 34. Spanish FortChapter 35. 1865 Ordnance ExplosionPart X. Late Nineteenth CenturyChapter 36. Spring Hill CollegeChapter 37. Eastern Shore PotteriesChapter 38. Mount VernonChapter 39. Lucrecia Perryman’s WellPart XI. Modern Times (1900–Present)Chapter 40. Bayou La BatreChapter 41. I-10 Mobile River BridgeEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex