EXCAVATIONS AT MOUNDVILLE, 1905-1951

by
Christopher Spalding Peebles

1973

Front Matter [PDF]

  • Title Page ...... i
  • Dedication ...... iii
  • Preface ...... iv
  • Contents ...... xiii
  • List of Illustrations ...... xiv
  • List of Tables ...... xxiii

Figure I-1. Master Map of Moundville Topography and Archaeological Excavations, 1905-1951 [PDF]
...... back pocket

Chapter I. Introduction to the Excavations, 1905-1951 [PDF] ...... 1

  • Methods and Techniques ...... 1

Chapter II. C. B. Moore’s Excavations in Mounds C, F, H, and O [PDF] ...... 36

  • Excavations in Mound C (Moore 1905:143-166) ...... 36
  • Excavations in Mound F (Moore 1905:188-194) ...... 42
  • Excavations in Mound H (Moore 1905:194-198) ...... 45
  • Excavations in Mound O (Moore 1905:199-218) ...... 47

Chapter III. Excavations in the Areas Around Mound D [PDF] ...... 52

  • Excavations Northeast of Mound D ...... 54
  • Excavations North of Mound D ...... 56
  • Excavations on the Summit of Mound D ...... 60
  • Excavations Southeast of Mound D ...... 62
  • Excavations South of Mound D ...... 68
  • Excavations South of Mound D: 1932 ...... 72
  • Excavations East of Mound D: 1930 ...... 174
  • Excavations East of Mound D: 1937 ...... 176
  • Excavations in Mound D (Moore 1905:172-178) ...... 206
  • Excavations North of Mound D (Moore 1905:178-184) ...... 209
  • Excavations South of Mound D (Moore 1905:184-187; 1907:341-343) ...... 213

Chapter IV. Excavations in the Area Around Mound E [PDF] ...... 219

  • Excavation South of Mound E ...... 219
  • Excavation Northeast of Mound E ...... 221
  • Excavations North of Mound E ...... 222
  • Excavations East of Mound E ...... 293

Chapter V. Excavations in the Areas Around Mound G [PDF] ...... 381

  • Excavations North and Northeast of Mound G: 1929, 1930, 1934 ...... 382
  • Excavations South and Southwest of Mound G ...... 404
  • Excavation South of Mound G ...... 407
  • Excavation Southwest of Mound G ...... 434
  • Excavations in the Area of Mound G. C.B. Moore (1905:194; 1907:343) ...... 473

Chapter VI. Excavations in the Area Around Mound P [PDF] ...... 474

  • Excavation West of Mound P ...... 474
  • Excavation West of Mound P’ ...... 632
  • Excavation East of Mound P ...... 658
  • Excavation in Mound P (Moore 1905:218) ...... 658

Chapter VII. Excavations in the Area of Mound R [PDF] ...... 659

  • Excavations West-Southwest of Mound R: 1930 ...... 661
  • Field West of Mound R (Moore 1905:240-241; 1907:344) ...... 690
  • Excavations North of Mound R: 1930-1931 ...... 692
  • Excavation South of Mound R: 1940 ...... 728
  • Excavations in the Area of Mound R: 1951 ...... 728

Chapter VIII. Museum Parking Area Excavation and Excavation North of Mound W [PDF] ...... 738

  • Museum Parking Area Excavation, 1941 ...... 738
  • Excavations North and Northwest of Mound W, 1934 ...... 761

Chapter IX. Administration Building Excavation [PDF] ...... 787

Chapter X. The Roadway Excavation [PDF] ...... 804

Chapter XI. The Rhodes Site Excavations [PDF] ...... 1085

  • The Rhodes Site ...... 1089
  • The Upper Rhodes Site ...... 1146

References [PDF] ...... 1209

[Note: Pages 455 and 1119 are missing due to pagination errors.]