Town Creek Indian Mound [electronic resource] : a Native American legacy / Joffre Lanning Coe, with contributions by Thomas D. Burke ... [et al.] ; foreword by Leland G. Ferguson.
The temple mound and mortuary at Town Creek, in Montgomery County, is one of the few surviving earthen mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans in North Carolina. It has been recognized as an important archaeological site for almost 60 years and, as a state historic site, has become a popular destination for the public. This book is Joffre Coe's illustrated chronicle of the archaeological research conducted at Town Creek, a project with which Coe has been intimately involved for more than 50 years, since its inception as a WPA program in 1937. Written for visitors as well as for scholars, Town Creek Indian Mound provides an overview of the site and the archaeological techniques pioneered there, surveys the history of the excavations and features more than 200 photographs and maps. The book carefully reconstructs the archaeological record, including plant and animal remains, pottery sherds, stone tools and clay ornaments. In a concluding interpretive section, Coe reflects on what Town Creek and its artifacts tell us about this prehistoric Native American society.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9781469610498
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 338 p. : ill., maps)
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 1995.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Foreword / Leland G. Ferguson -- 1. History -- 2. A Fifty-Year Program, 1937-1987 -- 3. Field Methods -- 4. The Mound -- 5. The Plaza -- 6. Stone Available and Used / Billy L. Oliver -- 7. Plant Resources / Michael Trinkley -- 8. Animal Remains / Jack H. Wilson, Jr. and S. Homes Hogue -- 9. Pottery -- 10. Chipped and Ground Stone -- 11. Pipes, Ornaments, and Implements -- 12. The People of Town Creek / Thomas D. Burke -- 13. Mortuaries and Burial Practices -- 14. Reconstruction of the Town House on the Mound / Stanley South -- 15. Town Creek, 1937-1987 -- A. Morris R. Mitchell's Letter to the Bureau of American Ethnology -- B. From the Rockingham Post-Dispatch, 10 November 1927 -- C. Reply to Morris R. Mitchell from the Bureau of American Ethnology -- D. To Morris R. Mitchell from His Mother, Alice Broadus Mitchell -- E. H.M. Doerschuk's Report on the Town Creek Mound -- F. Douglas L. Rights's Notes on the Richmond and Anson Sectors, 1935 -- G. Douglas L. Rights's Notes on Haywood Mound (revised), 1937 -- H. Analysis of Historic Artifacts from the Town Creek Excavations / John W. Clauser, Jr. -- I. Comments on Historical Artifacts from Excavations at Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site / Stanley South -- J. Astronomical Alignment of the Town Creek Indian Mound, Mount Gilead, North Carolina / Vance Tiede.
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- Subject:
- Mississippian culture > North Carolina.
Indians of North America > North Carolina > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > North Carolina.
Town Creek Site (N.C.)
North Carolina > Antiquities.
