Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Anthropology
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
First Advisor
Jay K. Johnson
Second Advisor
Matthew L. Murray
Third Advisor
Maureen Meyers
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
The Walford site is a multicomponent site with Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian components located in the northern Yazoo Basin of Mississippi. The site has been recorded by several surveys, and was subjected to salvage excavations from 2003–2007. This excavation confirmed multiple components identified in previous surveys, and added a wider chronological range and occupation area. Current excavations also identified a palisade constructed before all of the adjacent Mississippian structures, as well as one of the mounds. Using stratigraphy, GIS, and ceramic analysis, the date of this palisade was determined to be Late Woodland or Early Mississippian.
Recommended Citation
Harrison, Kimberly Nicole, "Temper, Mounds, And Palisades: The Walford Site (22Su501) Of Sunflower County, Mississippi" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 368.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/368