French Colonial Period (Culture Keyword)

SENSORY DATA Graph Synergie.

A high-resolution 3D scan of a large British lead seal from the Port Dauphin Village site (1MB221) produced by Graph Synergie of Quebec and Montreal for the University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies. These files can be viewed with Blender (http://www.blender.org) or GLC Player (http://www.glc-player.net). This lead seal was originally gilt.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Waselkov.

Application of five geophysical survey methods - earth conductivity, magnetometry, thermal imaging, electrical resistivity and ground penetrating radar - in the search for archaeological remains of Fort Louis, original capitol of the French colony of Louisiane (1702-1711), has yielded divergent yet complementary results. This project included test excavations to ground truth the geophysical results and to evaluate the relative effectiveness of these five geophysical survey technologies in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Waselkov.

Following the discovery by James C. "Buddy" Parnell of archaeological features at the French colonial site of Old Mobile, 1MB94, in the spring of 1989, the University of South Alabama began excavations and a systematic shovel testing survey of the site. With grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alabama Historical Commission, the State of Alabama, and numerous private sponsors, the archaeological research team was able to locate, by 1991, the remains of at least 26...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

The LaPointe-Krebs House or "Old Spanish Fort" (archaeological site 22JA526) in Pascagoula, Mississippi, is evidently the oldest standing structure in that state. Archaeological test excavations in and adjacent to the house in 1979, 1992, and 1994, 1995, and 2010 have revealed a complex sequence of colonial-period occupation and building on that site. Apart from some sporadic prehistoric occupation during the Middle Woodland period about two millennia ago, the major occupation occurred between...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kenneth R. Jones. Herschel A. Franks. Benjamin Maygarden.

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IMAGE Gregory Waselkov.

Artifact photos from Structure 1 at Old Mobile (1MB94). A sampling of European and Indian artifacts found at Structure 1 at the Old Mobile site, including porcelain, San Luis polychrome, stoneware, and olive jar fragments.

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov.

A sampling of European and Indian artifacts found at Structure 3 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94), including coins, buckles, buttons, and pipes, as well as a variety of different ceramic types.

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov.

A sampling of European and Indian artifacts found at Structure 14 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94), including beads, a bar shot, a sword guard, a scabbard clip, coins, faience, and porcelain.

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Artifact photos from the Augustin Rochon Plantation site (1BA337).

PROJECT Uploaded by: Sarah Mattics

Southwestern Alabama's colonial history is represented by the sites of settlements, forts, villages, and river plantations that spanned the French (1699-1763), British (1763-1780) and Spanish (1780-1813) periods. In the eighteenth century, over 60 plantations were established along the major waterways around Mobile, but fewer than ten have been identified as archaeological sites, and excavation has occured at only four. Unfortunately, many of the historic sites around Mobile Bay now lie beneath...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Cordell.

This report offers a technological comparison of Apalachee-style and Colono Ware potteries from French colonial Old Mobile (1702-1711), in modern-day southwest Alabama, and the Spanish colonial site of Mission San Luis de Talimali (1656-1704), in modern-day Tallahassee, Florida. Ann Cordell's analysis characterizes the Apalachee pottery assemblages from both sites, and provides comparative information on contemporaneous pottery wares produced by other native peoples in contact with French...

PROJECT Gregory Waselkov.

Archaeology at the Dog River site has uncovered a series of plantations dating from the mid-1720s to 1848. Originally the home of the Charles Rochon family, the site was successively occupied by Charles' son Pierre and his family and by families related to the Rochons by marriage -- the Goudeaus and Demouys -- then finally by the Montgomery and Hollinger families during the American period, 1830-1848. HIstorical and archaeolgical evidence also indicates substantial occupations by the Chato...

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia. Bonnie L. Gums. George W. Shorter, Jr.. University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies.

Excavation photo from the Indian House site (1MB147) near Old Mobile (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Excavation photos from Fort Louis at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

Excavation photos from Structure 01 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

A selection of photos from the excavations at Structure 02 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

Excavation photos from structure 03 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Diane Silvia.

Excavation photos of Structure 05 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Marvin Smith. Diane Silvia.

Excavation photos from Structure 14 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94) showing students and staff excavating the floor of the structure. Most of these photos date to the 1992 excavation.

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums. George W. Shorter, Jr..

Excavation photos of Structure 30 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94) showing students and staff troweling, excavating wall trench features, and excavating a clay/refuse pit.

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums. George W. Shorter, Jr..

Excavation photos of Structure 31 at the Old Mobile site (1MB94) showing wall trench stains and a large daub pit and wall trenches being excavated.

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Excavation photos from the Augustin Rochon Plantation site (1BA337).

IMAGE Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums. George W. Shorter, Jr.. Diane Silvia.

A collection of site photos showing excavations at the Dog River Plantation (1MB161). Also included is a color photo of glass beads found at the site.

DATASET Gregory Waselkov. Bonnie L. Gums.

Field Specimen Catalog for Fort Louis, Old Mobile Site (1MB94).

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Field Specimen Catalog for the Port Dauphin Village Site (1MB221).