Colonial Mobile Archaeology: French, British, Spanish, and Early American Colonization on the North-Central Gulf of Mexico Coast
Site Name Keywords
Old Mobile •
1MB94 •
Dog River Plantation •
1MB161 •
Augustin Rochon Plantation •
1BA337 •
Exploreum Site •
1MB189 •
La Pointe-Krebs House •
Krebs House
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
House •
Archaeological Feature •
Midden •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Trash Midden •
Settlements •
Hamlet / Village •
Military Structure
Other Keywords
Fort Louis •
Old Mobile •
Glass Beads •
Dog River Site •
Tavern •
Taverns •
Taverns / Inns •
Spanish Colonial Archaeology •
Pascagoula River •
Krebs Lake
Culture Keywords
Historic •
Euroamerican •
Historic Native American •
French Colonial •
French Colonial Period •
Spanish •
British Colonial •
British Colonial Period •
African American
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Historic Background Research •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Site Stewardship Monitoring •
Remote Sensing •
Heritage Management •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Architectural Survey •
Collections Research
Material Types
Ceramic •
Fauna •
Glass •
Building Materials •
Metal •
Chipped Stone •
Shell •
Macrobotanical •
Fire Cracked Rock •
Wood
Temporal Keywords
Historical Period •
Colonial Period •
Historical Sites and Artifacts
Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) •
United States of America (Country) •
North America (Continent) •
Alabama (State / Territory) •
Mobile County (County) •
MOBILE RIVER DRAINAGE •
Mobile River •
MOBILE BAY •
MOBILE BAY DRAINAGE •
Dog River
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Application of Complementary Geophysical Survey Techniques in the Search for Fort Louis at Old Mobile: A Comparative Case Study (2005)
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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...
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Archaeology at Mobile's Exploreum: Discovering the Buried Past (1998)
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The University of South Alabama's Center for Archaeological Studies conducted archaeological excavations at the proposed site of the Gulf Coast Exploreum and Science Center in downtown Mobile, Alabama. Field work was directed by Bonnie Gums and George Shorter in the two areas explored in depth. Among the project finds was an earthfast Spanish-colonial building's foundations and associated discarded possessions of the Espejo family, the first archaeological glimpse of that aspects of Mobile's...
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Archaeology at the French Colonial Site of Old Mobile (Phase 1: 1989-1991) (1991)
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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...
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Archaeology at The Krebs House (Old Spanish Fort), Pascagoula, Mississippi. (1995)
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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...
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Continuity and Change in Apalachee Pottery Manufacture (2001)
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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...
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Material Culture of an 18th-Century Gulf Coast Plantation; the Augustin Rochon Plantation, ca. 1750s-1780, Baldwin County, Alabama. (2000)
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Southwestern Alabama's colonial history is represented by the sites of native settlements and colonial 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...
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Old Mobile Archaeology (1999)
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Archaeological excavations since 1989 have uncovered buried evidence of the earliest French colonial settlements on the northern Gulf coast. Patient scientific study is revealing the original townsite of Mobile, first capital of the Louisiane colony, and remnants of the colony's port on Dauphin Island. This is the story of archaeologists piecing together a fascinating but little-known chapter of America's early history.
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The Old Mobile Project Newsletter (1989)
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Local tradition has long associated the area of Twenty-seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River with the early French colonial settlement of Old Mobile. But archaeological research on this important historical site is quite recent. A series of newsletters was distributed between 1989 to 1998 to convey to the public the results of archaeological research at Old Mobile by the University of South Alabama.
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Phase II Archaeological Testing at 1MB161, the Dog River Site, for a Proposed Fish Camp on Dog River, Mobile County, Alabama. (2007)
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Phase II archaeological testing was conducted on a portion of 1MB161, the Dog River site, for a proposed fish camp on the south shore of Dog River, Mobile County, Alabama. Excavations uncovered several small colonial building remains, including a pieux-en-terre style French colonial building that may have housed slaves working on the Rochon plantation.
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Plantation Archaeology at Riviere Aux Chiens, ca 1725-1848 (2000)
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When the French began colonizing the Mobile Bay area early in 1702, one of the first places they explored was a small estuary on the western shore, Riviere aux Chiens or Dog River. A patch of ground near the river's mouth, about twenty feet higher than the adjacent expansive marshes, attracted their attention. There, on the south bank. the expedition's leader, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, had his men construct a warehouse as a way station for the crews of small sailing craft that would ferry...
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A Search for Fort Louis de la Mobile with Archaeological Geophysics (2005)
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A geophysical survey of a portion of the Old Mobile site (1MB94) was conducted on December 13-16, 2004, by the University of Mississippi's Center for Archaeological Research under contract with the University of South Alabama's Center for Archaeological Studies. The specific goal of the survey was to delineate features associated with Fort Louis de la Mobile, which stood on or near this site from 1702 to 1711. Survey techniques included electrical resistance and ground penetrating radar. Work...