The Archaeology of Town Creek

List of Illustrations

Illustrations FIGURES 1.1. The location of Town Creek in relation to other Mississippian sites 4 1.2. Archaeological features at Town Creek 5 1.3. The spatial extent of the South Appalachian Mississippian tradition 7 1.4. Pee Dee culture and related sites 8 1.5. Town Creek and nearby Pee Dee sites 10 1.6. Topographic map of the Town Creek mound 11 2.1. Identified architectural elements at Town Creek 16 2.2. Identified structures and burial clusters at Town Creek 17 2.3. Histogram of burial density by structure 18 2.4. Histogram of area of all circular structures 20 2.5. Enclosed Circular Structures 21 2.6. Small Circular Structures 22 2.7. Histogram of the number of burials in circular structures 23 2.8. Large Rectangular Structures 24 2.9. Earth-embanked Structures 25 2.10. Medium Rectangular Structures 27 2.11. Small Rectangular Structures 28 2.12. Identified architectural elements in the mound area 29 2.13. Earth-embanked wall and postholes at northeastern corner of Structure 23a, 1937 30 2.14. Mound profile 32 2.15. Structures 45a and 45b on the mound summit 35 2.16. Structures 46a and 46b on the mound summit 36 2.17. Identified architectural elements in the eastern part of the site 39 2.18. Identified architectural elements in the central part of the site 41 3.1. Structure 18 and Burial Cluster 40 47 3.2. Schematic map of possible Teal phase architectural elements 50 3.3. Schematic map of the early Town Creek phase occupation 51 3.4. Schematic map of the terminal early Town Creek phase occupation 52 3.5. Histogram of burial density in early Town Creek phase structures 54 3.6. Schematic map of the late Town Creek–Leak phase occupation 56 3.7. Histogram of late Town Creek-Leak phase structures by burial density 58 3.8. Schematic map of the late Leak phase occupation 61 3.9. Schematic map of the Caraway phase occupation 63 4.1. Burials in Small Circular Structures 71 4.2. Burials associated with Structures 45a and 45b on the mound summit 74 4.3. Burials associated with Structures 46a and 46b on the mound summit 76 4.4. Burials associated with Enclosure 1 and Structure 51 78 4.5. Burials in Enclosed Circular Structures 79 4.6. Burials in Large Rectangular Structures 81 4.7. Histograms of NAT for early Town Creek and late Town Creek–Leak phase burials with grave goods 90 5.1. Pee Dee vessel types 98 5.2. Boxplot comparing jar rim diameters among contexts 101 TABLES 1.1. Calibrated and uncalibrated dates for Mississippian phases in the Town Creek area 9 4.1. Burials by time period and structure type 72 5.1. Percentage of vessel categories by context 99 x / Illustrations ...