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Figures 1.1. Location of the Bottle Creek site in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Alabama 2 1.2. The Mound Island region, with Bottle Creek as site no. 10 3 1.3. Contour map of the Bottle Creek site 4 1.4. An early map of the Bottle Creek site by A. Bigelow (1853) 5 1.5. Chronology of Indian culture in southwest Alabama, 1400 b.c. to Historic 6 1.6. Swamp in the vicinity of Mound L 10 1.7. Surface collection areas at Bottle Creek 13 1.8. The Mound A excavation unit (D100), as viewed from the north 16 1.9. Trench excavations in the Mound B terrace, as seen from the borrow pit to the north 19 1.10. David Morgan examining the midden layers in the south wall of trench unit D201 in the Mound B terrace 20 1.11. The Mound L block excavation as seen from the northeast 21 2.1. Contour maps of mounds C and D, showing the locations of soil probe tests and excavation units C100 and C101 29 2.2. Section drawings of test unit C100, Mound C 30 2.3. Section drawings of test unit C101, Mound D 31 2.4. Section drawings of test unit D100, Mound A 33 2.5. Close-up of the middle of the west wall, test unit D100, showing the thick band of alternating sand and silt layers 37 2.6. Principal pottery series at the Bottle Creek site, ca. a.d. 750–1750 40 2.7. Key pottery sets and series at the Bottle Creek site, ca. a.d. 750–1750 41 2.8. D’Olive Incised and D’Olive Engraved in the Mound C excavations, arranged by analysis units 45 2.9. “Coarseware” pottery series in the Mound A excavations, arranged by analysis zones 56 2.10. “Fineware” pottery series in the Mound A excavations, arranged by analysis zones 57 2.11. “Coarseware” pottery series in the Mound C excavations, arranged by analysis zones 58 2.12. “Fineware” pottery series in the Mound C excavations, arranged by analysis zones 59 2.13. “Fineware” pottery series in the Mound C excavations, arranged by analysis zones (including Feature 3) 60 2.14. The Bottle Creek site, a provisional chronology 61 3.1. Location of the 1 × 12 m trench excavated into Mound B in 1994 65 3.2. Section drawing of the south wall of Unit D201, Mound B terrace 66 3.3. Section drawing of the west walls of units D200 and D201, Mound B terrace 67 3.4. Section drawing of the north wall of Unit D200, Mound B terrace 68 3.5. Plan view drawing of lower, middle, and upper levels of Stratum I (clay base) in Unit D201, Mound B terrace 69 3.6. Section drawing of the west walls of units D200 and D201, Mound B terrace 72 3.7. Plan view drawing of the wall trench and post features visible in units D202–D205, Mound B terrace 75 x / Figures 3.8. Bigelow’s 1853 map of Mound B compared with Waselkov’s 1993 map, revised in 2002 78 4.1. Map of Mound L, showing excavation units 85 4.2. Section drawings of the south walls of units A100 and A102, Mound L 86 4.3. Plan views of the bases of levels D and E in Unit A100, Mound L 87 4.4. Plan views of the bases of levels P/P2 and Q in Unit A102, Mound L 88 4.5. Plan views of the bases of levels T and U in Unit A102, Mound L 89 4.6. Plan view of the base of Level B, Mound L, showing the heavy concentration of daub (Feature 2) 92 4.7. Feature 264, the daub-¤lled trench in Mound L, located below Feature 2 93 4.8. Base of Zone D, Mound L, facing west 94 4.9. Plan view of the base of Zone D, Mound L 97 4.10. Plan view of the base of Zone D, Mound L, showing post features with daub 98 4.11. Proposed structure pattern 1 on Mound L 99 4.12. Proposed structure pattern 2 on Mound L 100 4.13. Proposed structure pattern 3 on Mound L 101 4.14. Proposed structure pattern 4 on Mound L 102 6.1. Location of the Moundville site on the Black Warrior River, relative to the Bottle Creek site in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta 115 6.2...