The Mystery of the Alabama Stone Site
On the eve of Alabama statehood, a large stone engraved with Latin inscriptions was found in the forest near Tuscaloosa.
Candlesticks of the Conquistadors: Rare Finds in Alabama
Several years ago, prior to current laws regarding human remains, collectors at site 1Ds1 found a sixteenth century brass candlestick.
Prehistoric Period Site in Central Alabama |Site: 1Wx169
We were searching for 16th century Spanish Contact sites in central Alabama.
Bone and Shell Objects, of the Prehistoric Natives of Alabama
Shells and bones… something we pick up today on the seashore or in a streambed.. We take them home and put them on a coffee table or on a book shelf, a conversation piece for visits with friends.
Paleo People in Alabama
The people who lived in the late Pleistocene (circa 10-20,000 years ago) in the deep South of the current USA have always been a bit of a mystery to researchers. Where did they come from? It is as if they just showed up one day with their very fine worked stone tools and weapons. Though relatively rare in…
Cherokee County, Alabama | Site 1Ce308
1Ce308 is a very important Native / Spanish contact site in Cherokee County in northeast Alabama. Although the site is multicomponent, the European contact portion of the site is the most intriguing. The site, located in a plowed field, was dug by collectors. Caleb Curren, Keith Little, and George Lankford contacted the collectors and made photographs of a…
Native/Spanish Contact Site on the Alabama Coast | Site 1Ba1
1Ba1 is one of the most important sites on the northern Gulf Coast relative to early Spanish contacts with Native populations during the 1500s. It is a burial mound containing Native and Spanish artifacts. It was first discovered by the intrepid C.B. Moore in 1901 who excavated numerous pottery vessels and Spanish artifacts from the site. Gordon…
Creeks by the Sea
Archeology of a Historic Indian Village on Pensacola Bay. A total of 716 historic aboriginal ceramic artifacts were recovered from the Fairpoint Site during Phase I-III excavations. The ceramic assemblage indicates a single component “Creek Indian” occupation at the site. When compared with samples acquired from prehistoric sites in the area, this assemblage may appear somewhat small, however,…
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Site 1Tu93/5
In 1931 the University of Alabama Museum of Natural History excavated at 1Tu93/5. During road construction, 19 burials were found at the site ( bundle 3; extended 3;urns 11; badly disturbed 2). Caleb Curren relocated the site in the late 20th century and analyzed the pottery from the site based on collections at the Alabama Museum of Natural…
Wiggins Site |Site 1Tu42/43
In 1905, C.B. Moore investigated various archeological sites along the Warrior River in west-central Alabama, one of which was known as the “mound near R.H. Foster Landing.” According to Mr. Moore: “At this landing is a plantation, belonging to Miss Florence H. Foster, of Sylvan, Alabama on which is a mound almost obliterated by cultivation. That which remains was dug into…