Exploreum Site (1MB189), Mobile County, Alabama

Part of: Colonial Mobile Archaeology: French, British, Spanish, and Early American Colonization on the North-Central Gulf of Mexico Coast

Site Name Keywords
Exploreum Site • 1MB189

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • House • Non-Domestic Structures • Ball Court • Communal / Public Structure • Historic Communal / Public Structure • Structure • Historic Structure • Archaeological Feature

Other Keywords
Tavern • Taverns • Taverns / Inns • Spanish Colonial Archaeology • Bottle Midden • Mobile

Culture Keywords
Historic • African American • Euroamerican • Historic Native American • Spanish

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Historic Background Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Building Materials • Macrobotanical • Metal • Shell • Wood

Temporal Keywords
Historical Period • Colonial Period

Geographic Keywords
US (ISO Country Code) • United States of America (Country) • Mobile County (County) • Alabama (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • MOBILE BAY • MOBILE RIVER DRAINAGE • MOBILE DELTA • Mobile River

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  • Exploreum Site (1MB189), Mobile County, Alabama.
    PROJECT Gregory Waselkov.

    In 1996 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. Bonnie Gums and George Shorter directed field work in two areas explored in depth. Among several important finds was the remains of an earthfast Spanish-colonial building's foundations and associated discarded possessions of the Espejo family, our first archaeological glimpse of that...