Mossy Bluff, an Early Alabamu Site in Northeast Alabama

Author(s): Steven Meredith; Daniel Turner

Year: 2016

Summary

The Alabamu people, along with the affiliated Coasati, were an important part of the Creek Confederacy in the late 18th century. Excavations at Mossy Bluff (1Ct610) in northeastern Alabama revealed the first Alabamu site to be identified in the area that they inhabited before their migration and coalescence with the Creeks. The site is located in a relatively secluded location, near the southeastern margin of what is interpreted to be the tribe’s pre-migration territory. This paper describes the Mossy Bluff material culture as a first step toward identification of pre-coalescent Alabamu sites and perhaps their post-migration households within the larger Creek confederacy.

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Mossy Bluff, an Early Alabamu Site in Northeast Alabama. Steven Meredith, Daniel Turner. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 405344)

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min long: -91.274; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -72.642; max lat: 36.386 ;