Mckee Island Ceramics Archaeology

An archaeological survey of guntersville basin on the tennessee river in northern alabama.

Mckee island ceramics archaeology. Collections manager ceramic technology laboratory florida archaeology 352 273 1924 twitter. Between 1804 and emancipation hundreds of people were enslaved at the hermitage andrew jackson s cotton plantation near nashville tennessee. Copena ceramic series henry island ceramic series mckee island ceramic series mckelvey ceramic series wheeler ceramic series works progress administration. Extensive archaeological investigations between 1974 and 2004 led by sam smith larry mckee and elizabeth kellar revealed over twelve domestic sites of enslavement explored plantation dependencies and probed yard areas and landscape features.

Bayou la batre plain. The name crosno cord marked apparently was coined by stephen williams 1954 98 100 but he did not provide an official type definition cf. Fine brushing on shell tempered pottery. The lab report for pottery and ceramics is due at the beginning of class time on monday october 16.

Bayou la batre stamped. Ceramic analysts looking in from the mississippi valley tend to call them crosno cord marked while those looking from the tennessee cumberland perspective call them mckee island cord marked. Named after an island flooded under the waters of the guntersville reservoir in northeastern alabama. Mckee island brushed.

Vessel forms are bowls and jars with incurving rims. Fabric lower material mckee island midden midden layer mound mulberry creek plain noted occupancy occurred original partially pattern percentage placed plow portion post molds pottery present projectile points rectangular remains reported represented. Compiler 1968 handbook for historical archaeology. An ams radiocarbon date from wood charcoal and one osl date from a dallas mckee island cord marked sherd placed the midden in chronological context about ad 1520 1580.

Florida museum newsletters subscribe now museum info. Human burial with incised ceramic at the bacanga at sao luas island site. An archaeology of early american life. Oileán mhic aodha meaning magee s island peninsula is a peninsula and civil parish on the east coast of county antrim northern ireland located between the towns of larne and whitehead it is part of the mid and east antrim borough council area and is a sparsely populated rural community with a long history since the mesolithic period.