Old Mobile (1MB147) Indian House, 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
Old Mobile Indian House • 1MB147

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Hamlet / Village • Domestic Structures

Other Keywords
Glass Beads • Fort Louis • Old Mobile

Culture Keywords
Historic • Euroamerican • Historic Native American • French Colonial • French Colonial Period

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Site Evaluation / Testing • Historic Background Research • Site Stewardship Monitoring • Heritage Management

Material Types
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Building Materials • Metal

Temporal Keywords
Historical Period • Historical Sites and Artifacts • Colonial Period

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

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  • Old Mobile (1MB147) Indian House, Mobile County, Alabama.
    PROJECT Gregory Waselkov.

    In 1994-1996 the University of South Alabama's Center for Archaeological Studies excavated the site of an Indian House (1MB147) near the Old Mobile Site (1MB94). The two sites were contemporaneous, with occupations between 1702 and 1711. Old Mobile was the French capital of the colony of Louisiane. Site 1MB147, known as the Indian House, was a domestic dwelling occupied by Native Americans, perhaps Mobilians, situated immediately across a swamp that delimited the western extent of Old Mobile....