The Southern and Central Alabama Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments It is an honor to be asked to write the introduction to this volume, which celebrates the one hundredth anniversary ofClarence Bloomfield Moore's first archaeological work in Alabama by reissuing his reports and articles as part ofthe Classics in Southeastern Archaeology series by the University of Alabama Press. The volumes ofthe adventures and discoveries ofClarence B. Moore should be a part ofthe library of anyone interested in the prehistory of the Southeast. The assistance ofa number ofpersons was critical to the preparation ofthe introduction . The archaeological community and I are especially grateful to Ms. Mary B. Davis of the Huntington Free Library, Bronx, New York, for her careful curation of the field notes of Clarence B. Moore. At the library ofAuburn University at Montgomery , Mr. Rickey Best, Ms. Carolyn H. Johnson, and Ms. Debra J. West and Ms. Betty J. Tims secured interlibrary loans of the microfilm of Moore's field notes and a number ofolder references. Mr. Robert Muncaster, architect, drafted the maps on pages xii and 116. Dr. James J. Miller, state archaeologist of Florida, graciously permitted his collection oforiginal Moore volumes to be used for the facsimile reproductions . In attempting to relate the work of Moore and other researchers during the past century and along many miles of Alabama's rivers and coastline, I have accumulated a large intellectual debt with colleagues who selflessly spent long hours discussing sites, chronologies, artifacts, and the myriad other details that go into determining the significance ofdiscoveries made one hundred years ago. I am grateful to Keith Baca, John H. Blitz, MacDonald Brooms, David W. Chase, John W. Cottier, Caleb B. Curren, Jr., Richard S. Fuller, Eugene M. Futato, Thomas O. Maher, Carey B. Oakley, George Shorter, and Noel R. Stowe. First drafts of the introduction were reviewed by Vernon J. Knight, Jr., Frank T. Schnell, GregoryA. Waselkov, Nancy Marie White, and Stephen Williams. I want to thank them for their insightful criticisms, corrections, and suggestions about additional information; any literary merit in the introduction is due almost entirely to their wise advice. Finally, I am particularly grateful to Ned J. Jenkins, my colleague ofover twenty years, whose wide knowledge of Alabama archaeology and prehistory was indispensable , and to Judith Knight ofthe University ofAlabama Press for her firm but caring support and for her dedication to the Classics in Southeastern Archaeology series. Editorial Note This volume contains the works of Clarence Bloomfield Moore on southern and centralAlabama. Most sections have been presented by facsimile reproduction. Some sections, which appeared originally in a variety of published formats, have been typeset for this volume in the format of the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences ofPhiladelphia, but they have been transcribed almost exactly as originally published. Editorial interventions consist only of the addition of bracketed page numbers showing original pagination, the regularization ofchapter titles and subheadings, and the silent correction of a few typographical errors. 1b find the original publication data for the works included in this volume, see the listing for Moore in the References Cited on pp. 106-8. x Classics in Southeastern Archaeology THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA EXPEDITIONS ofelarence Bloomfield Moore TEN N [ S S [ E --------'T-------------------l--------~I \ ~ . dv > ~ 0> c:> " \ I \ ~ I \ ~ I \ S' I ~~~ I ~~. \ I ~s CJO I ~ I ~ I ~ \ \0 \\'"1 I ~ \0 I I \-;;0 \GJ \ ~, \- \17 \ a tc;L I~ Ie10 .I ? , I I Q.. I 0-1 I ~ en: en\ \ \ C() I en l I I :::2:1 I 1 , Mo&ILG. I I I Scale \0 M" e, 0510 zo )0 40 I ' I I I , 1'399 THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA EXPEDITIONS OF CLARENCE BLOOMFIELD MOORE \ ...