Excavation of an 11th Century Living Surface Buried Underneath a 19th Century Railroad Bed
Author(s): Daniel Turner; Steven Meredith
Year: 2015
Summary
Often construction of transportation features from the 19th Century or later is considered to be destructive to earlier archaeological components. The excavation of an 11th Century site in north central Alabama has demonstrated that a 19th Century railroad bed has enhanced preservation of several features that preceded its construction by 800 years. This poster will present a comparison of features found beneath the railroad bed with those located outside of that area.
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Excavation of an 11th Century Living Surface Buried Underneath a 19th Century Railroad Bed. Steven Meredith, Daniel Turner. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 398412)
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Keywords
General
Excavation Methods
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Site Taphonomy
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southeast
Spatial Coverage
min long: -91.274; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -72.642; max lat: 36.386 ;