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- The Archaeology of Ocmulgee Old Fields, Macon, Georgia
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Classics in Southeastern Archaeology
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A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
A 17th-century trading post and Indian town in central Georgia reveal evidence of culture contact and change
Ocmulgee Old Fields near Macon, Georgia, is the site of a Lower Creek village and associated English trading house dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was excavated in the early 1930s as part of a WPA project directed by A. R. Kelly, which focused primarily on the major Mississippian temple mounds of Macon Plateau. The specific data for the Old Fields was not analyzed until nearly 30 years after the excavation.
Part of the significance of this site lies in its secure identification with a known group of people and the linkage of those people with recognizable archaeological remains. The Old Fields site was among the very first for which this kind of identification was possible and stands at the head of a continuing tradition of historic sites archaeology in the Southeast.
Carol I. Mason's classic study of the Ocmulgee Old Fields site has been a model for contact-period Indian archaeology since the 1960s. The report includes a discussion of the historic setting and an analysis of the archaeological materials with an identification of the Lower Creek town and possibly of the English trader who lived there. Now, for the first time, the original report is widely available in book form. With a new foreword by the author and a new introduction from Southeastern archaeology expert Marvin T. Smith, readers have the benefit of a contemporary view of this very fine piece of careful scholarship.
A 17th-century trading post and Indian town in central Georgia reveal evidence of culture contact and change
Ocmulgee Old Fields near Macon, Georgia, is the site of a Lower Creek village and associated English trading house dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was excavated in the early 1930s as part of a WPA project directed by A. R. Kelly, which focused primarily on the major Mississippian temple mounds of Macon Plateau. The specific data for the Old Fields was not analyzed until nearly 30 years after the excavation.
Part of the significance of this site lies in its secure identification with a known group of people and the linkage of those people with recognizable archaeological remains. The Old Fields site was among the very first for which this kind of identification was possible and stands at the head of a continuing tradition of historic sites archaeology in the Southeast.
Carol I. Mason's classic study of the Ocmulgee Old Fields site has been a model for contact-period Indian archaeology since the 1960s. The report includes a discussion of the historic setting and an analysis of the archaeological materials with an identification of the Lower Creek town and possibly of the English trader who lived there. Now, for the first time, the original report is widely available in book form. With a new foreword by the author and a new introduction from Southeastern archaeology expert Marvin T. Smith, readers have the benefit of a contemporary view of this very fine piece of careful scholarship.
Table of Contents
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- List of Plates, Tables, and Figures
- pp. vii-viii
- Foreword by Marvin T. Smith
- pp. ix-xvii
- Original 1963 Preface
- pp. xxi-xxii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- 1. The Historical Setting
- pp. 5-22
- Part I. Archaeological Evidence
- 2. Excavations at Ocmulgee
- pp. 25-30
- 3. The Trading House
- pp. 31-46
- 4. The Lower Creek Town Site
- pp. 47-81
- 5. Artifacts
- pp. 82-124
- Part II. Archaeological and Historical Implications
- 6. Identification of the Creek Town
- pp. 151-159
- 7. The Lower Creeks and Their Neighbors
- pp. 160-177
- 8. The Origins of Lower Creek Ceramics
- pp. 178-193
- 9. Conclusions
- pp. 194-196
- Appendix II. Pottery Types
- pp. 199-201
- References Cited
- pp. 203-211
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817384128
Related ISBN(s)
9780817314460, 9780817351670
MARC Record
OCLC
650060105
Pages
241
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005