Ancient Chiefdoms of the Tombigbee

Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures Tables 1 Regional Cultural Chronology 34 2 Woodland Faunal Remains: Relative Contributions of Major Taxa by Bone Weight (Grams) and Percentage 37 3 Selected Radiocarbon Dates from Tombigbee Mississippian Sites 41 4 Mississippian Faunal Remains: Relative Contributions of Major Taxa by Bone Weight (Grams) and Percentage 43 5 Central Tombigbee Platform Mounds 46 6 Utilitarian Artifacts Common to Both Lubbub Creek and Farmstead Domestic Contexts 106 7 Outer Palisade and Ditch Dimensions 121 8 Estimated Labor Cost of Outer Palisade Construction 122 9 Estimated Labor Cost of Ditch Construction 123 10 Lubbub Creek Ceramic Sample: Count and Percentage 131 11 Frequency of Decorated Types in Mound and Village Samples, S-I-S-II-III Phases 135 12 Summary of Household Clusters' Floor Size, Number of Features, and Ceramic Content 150 13 Decorated Potsherds from Household Clusters 151 Vlll Tables and Figures 14 Distribution of Production Evidence for Selected Artifacts 156 15 Provenance and Context of Pottery Production Evidence at Lubbub Creek 157 16 Microdrill Provenance 161 17 Age and Sex Association of Marine-Shell Cylindrical and Disk Beads in Burial Contexts 163 18 Distribution of Prestige Items in Burial Contexts 164 19 Distribution of Prestige Items in Nonburial Contexts 165 20 Chronological Distribution of Nonlocal Artifacts in Dated Burials at Lubbub Creek 169 21 Chronological Distribution of Nonlocal Artifacts in Dated Burials at Farmsteads 170 22 Age and Sex Association of Prestige Items in Burial Contexts 177 23 Summary Chronology of Ceramic Types and Varieties, Vessel Shapes, and Other Attributes 186 24 Ceramic Production-Step Measures 188 25 Lubbub Creek Vessel Shapes: Village and Mound Samples 189 Figures 1 Location of Study Area 32 2 Mississippian Sites Along the Central Tombigbee River (North) 47 3 Mississippian Sites Along the Central Tombigbee River (South) 48 4 Lubbub Creek Site Map 54 5 Representative Vessel Forms of the Summerville Phases 57 6 Environmental Setting of Tibbee Creek and Kellogg 60 7 Tibbee Creek: Mississippian Features 61 8 Kellogg: Mississippian Features 63 9 Yarborough: Mississippian Features 66 10 IGr2: Mississippian Features 67 Tables and Figures ix 11 Intact Mound Remnant Beneath Plowzone 75 12 Superimposed Features on Premound Surface 76 13 Sequence of Structures on Premound Surface 77 14 Structure 4 and Structure 3 on Premound Surface 78 15 Structure 2 and Structure SA on Premound Surface 79 16 Structure 1 and Structure 5B on Premound Surface 80 17 Structure 5B 81 18 Major Remnant and Reconstructed Mound-Building Stages of the Summerville Mound, IPi85 83 19 Ossuary Deposit of Stacked Bundles of Disarticulated Human Bone 90 20 Cache of Human Calvaria 91 21 Size-Frequency Histograms of Mound and Village Jars and Bowls 94 22 Cumulative Frequency Curves of Orifice Diameters: Village and Mound Jars 95 23 Cumulative Frequency Curves of Orifice Diameters: Village and Mound Bowls 96 24 Copper Emblems from Lubbub Creek 103 25 Size-Frequency Histograms of Lubbub Creek and Farmstead Jars and Bowls 110 26 Cumulative Frequency Curves of Orifice Diameters: Lubbub Creek and Farmstead Jars 111 27 Cumulative Frequency Curves of Orifice Diameters: Lubbub Creek and Farmstead Bowls 112 28 Summerville I Phase Burial Orientations at Kellogg and Lubbub Creek 116 29 Outer Palisade with Bastions Crossing Two Hectares 117 30 Inner Palisade Lines 119 31 Summerville IV Ditch Defensive Work 120 32 Plot of Units with Moundville Incised var. Moundville, Summerville I Phase 132 33 Plot of Units with Moundville Engraved, Summerville II-III Phase 133 34 Plot of Units with Alabama River Applique var. Alabama River, Summerville IV Phase 134 x Tables and Figures 35 Household Clusters at Lubbub Creek, Summerville I Phase 137 36 Household Cluster 1-1 138 37 Household Cluster 2-1 139 38 Household Clusters at Lubbub Creek, Summerville II- III Phase 140 39 Household Cluster 1-2 141 40 Household Cluster 2-2 142 41 Household Clusters 3-2 and 4-2 143 42 Household Cluster 5-2 144 43 Household Clusters at Lubbub Creek, Summerville IV Phase 145 44 Household Cluster 1-4 146 45 Household Cluster 2-4 147 46 Household Cluster 3-4 148 47 Household Cluster 4-4 149 48 Relative Abundance of Nonlocal Artifacts at Lubbub Creek 171 49 Relative Abundance of Nonlocal Artifacts at Tombigbee Farmsteads 172 50 Relative Abundance of Nonlocal Artifacts at Moundville 173 51 Regional Chronological Trends in the Relative Abundance of Nonlocal Artifacts 174 52 Basic Vessel-Shape Classes, Summerville and Moundville Phases 190 ...