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CIRCA - Cobb Institute Research Collection Archive
The Cobb Institute Research Collection Archive (CIRCA) provides summary information on the archaeological research collections curated by the Cobb Institute. Detailed inventories of some site collections are available to researchers upon request.
Please send your request to the Institute's curator of research collections, Dr. Tony Boudreaux, at TBoudreaux@anthro.msstate.edu. A portion of the list below represents collections of the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, MSU, which were recovered by a variety of researchers during the past 50 years; however, the bulk of collections curated by the Cobb Institute are those owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District that were recovered in association with the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway construction project, which was undertaken during the 1970s-80s.
Bolivar County Collections
Malone Site Excavation Project
This collection originated from excavations conducted sporadically from 1961-1965 by Dan Printup. Mr. Printup appears to have been a photographer and amateur archaeologist who worked at sites throughout the Midsouth.
Trinomial: 22BO552
Cultural Period: Woodland (Deasonville, Marksville)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, floral, fired clay/daub
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 112-117
Publications: None
Chickasaw County Collections
Chickasaw County Survey Project
This collection was recovered in 1973 during a survey by James Atkinson of the Department of Anthropology at MSU within the Houlka Creek drainage of Chickasaw County. It represents a series of surface collections.
Trinomial/Cultural Period:
| 22CS515 (Woodland) | 22CS519 (Woodland) |
| 22CS516 (Woodland) | 22CS520 (Middle Archaic and Woodland) |
| 22CS517 (Woodland) | 22CS525 (Early-Middle Archaic) |
| 22CS518 (Woodland) | 22CS526 (Late Archaic-Late Gulf-Formational) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Number: 150
Publications: None
Clay County Collections
Metzger Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1970 when Richard Marshall of the department of anthropology at MSU conducted a field school at the Metgzer Site in Clay County, Mississippi. The site was located about 10 miles north of the city of Starkville.
Trinomial: 22CL502 (aka 22CL500)
Cultural Period: Gulf-Formational to Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, floral, fired clay/daub
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 1-17
Publications:
Marshall, Richard
1970 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 14: 14-16. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
1985 Progress Report on Field Research, 1970: Fourth Summer Field Session in Mississippi Archaeology, Mississippi State University. In Anthology of Mississippi Archaeology, 1966-1979, edited by Patricia Galloway, pp. 122-126. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
Kellogg Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during 1979 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of James R. Atkinson and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22CL528
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic, Woodland, Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 175-247, 444-448, 658
Publications:
Atkinson, James R., John C. Phillips, and Richard Walling
1980 The Kellogg Village Site Investigations, Clay County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Ethnoarchaeology at Waverly Plantation
In 1979 Resource Analysts, Inc. of Bloomington, Indiana began test excavations within the boundaries of the proposed Waverly Public Access area as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. William H. Adams was principal investigator. This tract encompassed a large part of the early nineteenth century Waverly plantation.
Trinomials: 22CL521, 22CL567, 22CL568, 22CL569, 22CL571, 22CL573, 22CL575, 22CL576
Cultural Period: Historic
Artifact Types: historics
Box Numbers: 1823-1898, 1985
Publications:
Adams, William H. (editor)
1980 Waverly Plantation: Ethnoarchaeology of a Tenant Farming Community. Resource Analysts, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Recreation and Conservation Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
The Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project - Colbert, Barton, and Vinton
The THTP was concerned with the multi-disciplinary study of the remains of three river towns: Colbert (ca. 1830-1847), Barton (ca. 1848-1870) and Vinton (ca. 1850-1920). They were to be affected by construction of the Barton Ferry Public Access Area on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The project was carried out in three phases by Michigan State University. Charles E. Cleland and W. Lee Minnerly served as co-principal investigators. Fieldwork began in 1979 and continued until 1983.
Trinomials: 22CL809 (Colbert), 22CL810 (Barton), 22CL811 (Vinton)
Cultural Period: Historic
Artifact Types: historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 2179-2465, 4069-4070, 4073-4079
Publications:
McClurken, James M., and Peggy U. Anderson
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 1.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 2.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 3.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 4.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 5.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 6.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 7.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 8.
Anderson, Peggy, James M. McClurken, J. Randall Mason, Frank W. Miller, and Lee Minnerly
Minnerly, W. Lee, Leah Allen, Dean L. Anderson, Stephen W. McBride, and James M. McClurken
Cleland, C. E., and K. A. McBride
Yarborough Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1980 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of Carey B. Oakley (principal investigator) and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22CL814
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Mississippi
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1245-1441
Publications:
Solis, Carlos, and Richard Walling
1982 Archaeological Investigations at the Yarborough Site (22CL814), Clay County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 30. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Sanders Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the late 1980s as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University under the lead of John W. O'Hear and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22CL917
Cultural Period: late Gulf-Formational
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, unprocessed soil samples
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 4043-4068, 4080-4082
Publications:
O'Hear, John W., C. Margaret Scarry, Susan L. Scott, David E. Pettry, and Paul Heartfield
1990 Archaeological Investigations at the Sanders Site (22CL917), an Alexander Midden on the Tombigbee River, Clay County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations 6. Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Hancock County Collections
Claiborne Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1969 when Richard Marshall of the department of anthropology at MSU conducted a field school at the Claiborne and Cedarland (see below) Sites in Hancock County, Mississippi.
Trinomial: 22HA501
Cultural Period: Late Archaic (Poverty Point)
Artifact types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), Poverty Point Objects (PPOs), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 32-52
Publications:
Boudreaux, Edmond A., III
1995 Stone Tools and Debitage from the Claiborne Site: An Analysis of the Mississippi State University Collection. In Raw Materials and Exchange in the Midsouth: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, edited by Evan Peacock and Samuel O. Brookes, pp. 64-74. Report No. 29. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.
Marshall, Richard A.
1969 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 13: 22. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
1970 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 14: 14-16. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
Cedarland Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1969 when Richard Marshall of the department of anthropology at MSU conducted a field school at the Claiborne (see above) and Cedarland Sites in Hancock County, Mississippi.
Trinomial: 22HA506 (aka 22HC30)
Cultural Period: Late Archaic (Poverty Point)
Artifact types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), Poverty Point Objects (PPOs), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 133, 156, 157
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1969 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 13: 22. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
1970 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 14: 14-16. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
Itawamba County Collections (see also Multiple-County Projects)
White Springs Site Excavation Project
These collections were recovered in 1979 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The project also involved investigation of the Shell Bluff site (22LO530) in Lowndes County. The fieldwork was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi under the lead of David Heisler and Robert Gilbert; however, analysis and reporting were undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of Eugene Futato. All work was conducted through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22IT537
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Mississippi (primarily Late Woodland)
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1603-1652, 1986-1993, 3833-3835, 3875-3885, 4037
Publications:
Futato, Eugene M.
1987 Archaeological Investigations at Shell Bluff and White Springs, Two Late Woodland Sites in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District. Report of Investigations 50. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Turtle Pond Site Excavations
These collections were recovered in 1981 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The fieldwork was undertaken by New World Research, Inc. of Pollock, Louisiana under the lead of Prentice M. Thomas, Jr. All work was conducted through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22IT643
Cultural Period: Archaic-Late Woodland
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1976-1977
Publications:
Thomas, Prentice M., Jr., L. Janice Campbell, Carol S. Weed, Mark T. Swanson, and Kathy Bagley-Baumgartner
1982 Archaeological Investigations at the Turtle Pond Site (22IT643), Itawamba County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 66. New World Research, Inc. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Jackson County Collections
Jackson County Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in June of 1972 by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology at MSU.
Trinomials: 22JA521 (Rudloff), 22JA522 (Standard Oil), 22JA523 (Coastal Chemical), 22JA543-545 (Escatawpa I-III)
Cultural Period: Late Woodland/Mississippi (Rudloff), Unknown Aboriginal (Standard Oil), Unknown Aboriginal (Coastal Chemical), Woodland-Mississippi (Escatawpa I), Early Woodland (Escatawpa II), Late Archaic/Woodland (Escatawpa III)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 69-78 (Rudloff), 77-78 (Standard Oil), 77-78 (Coastal Chemical), 78 (Escatawpa I-III)
Publications: None
Lauderdale County Collections
Meridian Industrial Park Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1978 during Phase III mitigation of sites 22LD514 and 22LD515 by Thomas Conn of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. The project was undertaken following the discovery of the site during cultural resource survey by James Atkinson in 1976 and a 5-day Phase II testing program by Conn in 1977, who considered the site to be signifiicant and worthy of mitigation prior to the construction of the Lauderdale County Northeast Industrial Park.
Trinomials: 22LD514 and 22LD515
Cultural Period: Middle Woodland (22LD514), Late Archaic-Middle Woodland (22LD515)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 106-107, 111 (22LD514), 106-111 (22LD515)
Publications:
Conn, Thomas L.
1978 Archaeological Investigations at 22Ld515, Lauderdale County Northeast Industrial Park, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
O'Hear/Lehmann Lauderdale County Excavation Project
These collections were recovered in 1984 during investigations by O'Hear and Lehmann into Tallahatta Quartzite-bearing sites in Lauderdale County.
Trinomials: 22LD521, 22LD538, 22LD539, 22LD540, 22LD541, 22LD542, 22LD543, 22LD544, 22LD545, 22LD546, 22LD547, 22LD548, 22LD549, 22LD550, 22LD551, 22LD552, 22LD553
Cultural Period: Archaic/Woodland
Artifact Types: Lithics
Owner: Cobb Institute of Archaeology
Box Numbers: 3926-4007
Publications: None
Lee County Collections
Cedar Scape Site Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in June of 1972 by Marc Rucker of the Department of Anthropology, MSU.
Trinomial: 22LE500
Cultural Period: Historic Indian (Chickasaw)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay/daub, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 118-123, 134
Publications: None
Trice Site Research Project
This project was undertaken in 2002 by Jeffrey Alvey as part of his Masters thesis research within the Department of Anthropology, MSU. The collection includes materials from general and controlled surface collections, and excavation.
Trinomial: 22LE827
Cultural Period: Early-Late Archaic/Woodland (primarily Middle Archaic)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay/daub, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 5028-5035
Publications:
Alvey, Jeffrey S.
2005 Middle Archaic Settlement Organization in the Upper Tombigbee Drainage: A View from the Uplands. Southeastern Archaeology 24(2): 199-208.
Lowndes County Collections (see also Multiple-County Projects)
Lowndes County Survey (1980 MSU Field School)
These general surface collections were recovered by Janet Rafferty's 1980 MSU archaeological survey field school.
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| 22LO759 (Historic) | 22LO760 (Late Woodland/Mississippi) | 22LO761 (Historic) | 22LO762 (Historic) | 22LO763 (Historic) |
| 22LO764 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO765 (Historic) | 22LO766 (Historic) | 22LO767 (Historic) | 22LO768 (Unknown Aboriginal) |
| 22LO769 (Late Woodland/Mississippi/Historic) | 22LO770 (Historic) | 22LO771 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO772 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO773 (Historic) |
| 22LO774 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO775 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO776 (Late Woodland) | 22LO777 (Late Woodland/Mississippi) | 22LO778 (Unknown Aboriginal) |
| 22LO779 (Historic) | 22LO780 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO781 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO782 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO784 (Historic) |
| 22LO785 (Historic) | 22LO786 (Historic) | 22LO787 (Historic) | 22LO788 (Late Woodland) | 22LO789 (Historic) |
| 22LO790 (Historic) | 22LO791 (Historic) | 22LO792 (Historic) | 22LO793 (Historic) | 22LO794 (Historic) |
| 22LO795 (Historic) | 22LO796 (Historic) | 22LO797 (Historic) | 22LO798 (Historic) | 22LO799 (Mid-Late Woodland) |
| 22LO800 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO801 (Historic) | 22LO802 (Unknown Aboriginal/Historic) | 22LO803 (Historic) | 22LO804 (Historic) |
| 22LO805 (Historic) | 22LO806 (Early-Mid Mississippi) | 22LO807 (Historic) | 22LO808 (Historic) | 22LO809 (Late Woodland/Mississippi) |
| 22LO810 (Early Mississippi) | 22LO811 (Early Mississippi) | 22LO812 (Historic) | 22LO813 (Historic) | 22LO814 (Historic) |
| 22LO815 (Historic) | 22LO816 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO817 (Historic) | 22LO818 (Historic) | 22LO819 (Historic) |
| 22LO820 (Historic) | 22LO821 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO822 (Historic) | 22LO823 (Historic) | 22LO824 (Historic) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 572-581
Publications: None
Shell Bluff Site Excavation
These collections were recovered in 1979 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The project also involved investigation of the White Springs site (22IT537) in Itawamba County. The fieldwork was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi under the lead of David Heisler and Robert Gilbert; however, analysis and reporting were undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of Eugene Futato. All work was conducted through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO530
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Mississippi (primarily Late Woodland)
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1442-1602
Publications:
Futato, Eugene M.
1987 Archaeological Investigations at Shell Bluff and White Springs, Two Late Woodland Sites in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District. Report of Investigations 50. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Cofferdam Site Excavation Project
These collections were recovered in 1975 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of Crawford Blakeman and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO599
Cultural Period: Archaic - Late Woodland
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 365-385, 642
Publications:
Blakeman, Crawford H., James R. Atkinson, and G. Gerald Berry
1976 Archaeological Investigations at the Cofferdam Site, 22LO599, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Tibbee Creek Excavation Project
These collections were recovered during 1976-1977 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of John O'Hear and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO600
Cultural Period: Gulf-Formational - Mississippi (primary occupation attributed to Late Woodland - Miller III)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 327-364, 662-664
Publications:
O'Hear, John, Clark Larsen, Margaret M. Scarry, John Phillips, and Erica Simon
1981 Archaeological Salvage Excavations at the Tibbee Creek Site (22Lo600) Lowndes County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
West Port Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1984 from limited salvage excavations conducted at the extinct Tombigbee river town of West Port by Janet Rafferty of MSU's Department of Anthropology. Local historian Rufus Ward had noticed a large refuse pit feature exposed in a construction area. Dr. Rafferty was alerted and salvage excavations commenced resulting in the collections now curated by the Institute. The site had been previously recorded during the cultural resources survey that preceded construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Atkinson and Elliott 1978); however, the authors considered the site to be ineligible for the National Register thus no mitigation work had been undertaken at the site in association with construction of the waterway. The excavation results remain largely unpublished; however, during his time as an undergraduate at MSU, John Underwood conducted an analysis of the metal and glass artifacts (see below).
References Cited
Atkinson, James R., and Jack D. Elliott
1978 A Cultural Resources Survey of Selected Construction Areas in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: Alabama and Mississippi, Volumes 1 and 2. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University. Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO690
Cultural Period: Historic (the town was established in the 1830s but had largely been abandoned by the end of the century)
Artifact Types: historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, MSU
Box Numbers: 4071-4072
Publications:
Underwood, John R.
1992 West Port: An Analysis of Metal and Glass Artifacts. Unpublished ms. on file, Cobb Institute Curation Facility, Mississippi State University.
Excavations at 22LO741, A Nineteenth Century, Multipurpose, Light Industrial Site
This collection was recovered in 1981 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by Michigan State University under the lead of Michael J. Hambacher and through contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service.
Trinomial: 22LO741
Cultural Period: Historic
Artifact Types: historic
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 2206, 2208, 2466-2474
Publications:
Hambacher, Michael J.
1983 22Lo741: A Nineteenth Century Multipurpose Light Industrial Site in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Michigan State University. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid Atlantic Region.
Monroe County Collections (see also Multiple-County Projects)
Okashua and Self Sites Excavation Project
These collections were recovered during 1975 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The two sites are separated by approximately eight miles. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of Jack T. Wynn and James R. Atkinson and through contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service.
Trinomials: 22MO586 (Self), 22MO651 (Okashua)
Cultural Period: Archaic - Woodland at each site
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: Okashua (418-426), Self (427-443)
Publications:
Wynn, Jack T., and James R. Atkinson
1976 Archaeology of the Okashua and Self Sites, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
East Aberdeen Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the late 1970s as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of Janet Rafferty and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22MO819
Cultural Period: Early-Late Archaic (predominately Middle Archaic), Woodland
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, unprocessed soil samples
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 248-326, 659-661
Publications:
Rafferty, Janet E., Lea B. Baker, Jack D. Elliott, Jr., and Marlesa A. Gray
1980 Archaeological Investigations at the East Aberdeen Site (22Mo819), Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Hang Kettle #1 Site Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in 1973 by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. Marshall had conducted a survey of the region (see below) in March/April of 1973 during which time the site was located. A subsequent excavation project was undertaken in July of 1973. The collection described below represents the materials collected during the survey and excavation. Results of the excavation have not been published.
Trinomial: 22MO564
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic and Protohistoric/Historic Indian
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fossilized faunal remains, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 147-149
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1973 The Aberdeen-West Point, Mississippi and Aberdeen Substation Survey. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
Noxubee County Collections
Shuqualak Watersheds Survey Project
This survey project was undertaken in April of 1971 by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. Along with survey of the proposed project area, Marshall and his crew also recorded several other sites in the county that they were taken to by local informants.
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| Unknown Aboriginal (22NO515) | Mississippi/Protohistoric (22NO519) | Middle Woodland-Mississippi (22NO525) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22NO516) | Late Woodland/Mississippi (22NO520) | Unknown Aboriginal (22NO540) |
| Middle Woodland (22NO517) | Late Woodland/Mississippi (22NO521) | Unknown Aboriginal (22NO526) |
| Protohistoric/Historic (22NO518) | Late Archaic (22NO522) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), mussel shell, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 142
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1971 Shuqualak Watershed Improvement Area Survey, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Survey Project
This survey project was undertaken in 1977 and 1978 by Janet Rafferty of the Department of Anthropology, MSU.
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| 22NO554 (Historic) | 22NO558 (Late Woodland, Historic) | 22OK643 (Historic) |
| 22NO555 (Middle Woodland) | 22OK640 (Historic) | 22OK644 (Historic) |
| 22NO556 (Protohistoric) | 22OK641 (Historic) | 22WI507 (Historic) |
|
22NO557 (Early Archaic, Gulf-Formational, |
22OK642 (Late Gulf-Formational, Historic) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), historics
Owner: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Box Numbers: 155
Publications:
Rafferty, Janet
1978 Cultural Resource Reconnaissance and Project-Oriented Survey, Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi. Report submitted to Interagency Archaeological Services, Atlanta. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
Oktibbeha County Collections
Lyon's Bluff
The Lyon's Bluff site has seen several seasons of excavation by researchers from MSU. The collections held by the Cobb Institute are associated with field-school projects conducted by Richard Marshall during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and Evan Peacock (and associated graduate students) during the summers of 2001 and 2003.
Trinomial: 22OK520
Cultural Period: Mississippi - Protohistoric
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, unprocessed samples, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: Marshall (4085-4206), Peacock (5368-5461), Seltzer (5462-5471), Bierly (5472-5480), James (5481-5484)
Publications:
Bierly, S. Marshall
2007 Terminal-Occupation Community Patterns at Lyon's Bluff (22OK520) in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi: Sedimentological, Molluscan, Artifactual and Geophysical Evidence. Masters thesis. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
James, Thomas R.
2010 Changes in Occupation at Lyon's Bluff. Masters thesis. Department of Anthropolgy and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Marshall, Richard A.
1986 The Protohistoric Component at the Lyon's Bluff Site Complex, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. In, The Protohistoric Period in the Mid-South: 1500-1700 -- Proceedings of the 1983 Mid-South Archaeological Conference, edited by David H. Dye and Ronald C. Brister, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report NO. 18, Jackson, Mississippi.
Peacock, Evan, and S. Homes Hogue
2005 A New Series of Absolute Dates from Lyon's Bluff (22OK520), East-Central Mississippi. Southeastern Archaeology 24(1): 46-58.
Seltzer, Jennifer L., and Evan Peacock
2011 Determining the Season of Mississippian House Construction from Plant Impressions in Daub. Southeastern Archaeology 30(1): 123-133.
Fire Station Site Excavations
This collection was recovered during a small excavation project in 1976 by Crawford Blakeman of the Department of Anthropology, MSU.
Trinomial: 22OK585
Cultural Period: Protohistoric
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 550-551
Publications: None
Starkville Survey Collections
For the past several decades researchers from MSU have been involved in the recording and investigation of the numerous Late Prehistoric to Early Historic Period sites that exist in the vicinity of Starkville. These efforts have been undertaken by both faculty and staff of MSU, and student projects under the supervision of faculty. The primary individuals involved in these efforts included faculty members Crawford Blakeman, Richard Marshall, Janet Rafferty, and Evan Peacock, and students Rick Walling and Rex Poole. Entry of these collections here will be on-going as they are numerous and many have not yet been cataloged.
Walling Survey Sites:
| 22OK703 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK775 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK800 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK720 (Middle Woodland - Historic Indian) | 22OK776 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK801 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK764 (Protohistoric - Historic Indian) | 22OK777 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK802 (Woodland - Historic Indian & Historic Non-Indian) | |
| 22OK765 (Late Mississippi - Protohistoric) | 22OK778 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK816 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK766 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK779 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK817 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK767 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK780 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK818 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK768 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK781 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK819 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK769 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK782 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK842 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK770 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK787 (Mississippi) | 22OK858 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK771 (Woodland - Historic Indian) | 22OK790 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK870 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK772 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK793 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK1013 (Late Mississippi - Protohistoric) | |
| 22OK773 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK797 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | ||
| 22OK774 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK798 (Woodland - Historic Indian) |
Artifact Types: These are exclusively general surface collections that consist mostly of pottery sherds and lithic debitage. Some collections contain small amounts of other kinds of materials such as bone, shell, daub, etc.
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 570
Publications: None
Quitman County Collections
Denton Site Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in 1972 by Gerald Berry of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. Results of the excavation were never published. The only reference to the undertaking is found in Connaway's (1977) report The Denton Site: A Middle Archaic Occupation in the Northern Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, which reported on MDAH's work at the site. Connaway (1977:ix) mentions that "In 1972, Mississippi State University excavated a 12-foot-deep backhoe trench across the southernmost knoll."
Trinomial: 22QU522
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic - Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, unprocessed soil samples, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 18-31
Publications: None
Sunflower County Collections
Powell Bayou Mound Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during a MSU field school in 1969 led by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology. While the results of the project were never published by Marshall, Mary Evelyn Starr analyzed the materials during her time as a student/worker at MSU and published the articles listed below. Note: Starr claims in her articles that the field records for this project were lost. This is not true. They have been located within the Cobb Institute's curation facility since 1986.
Trinomial: 22SU516
Cultural Period: Late Woodland/Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric lithics (debitage and tools), and ceramics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 54-56
Publications:
Starr, Mary Evelyn
1991 Powell Bayou: Part 1. Mississippi Archaeology 26(1): 1-36.
1997 Powell Bayou (Part 2) and Dockery: Two Mississippian Components in the Sunflower Basin of Mississippi. Mississippi Archaeology 32(2): 79-97.
Tallahatchie County Collections
Buford Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1968 during a combined archaeological field school of the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University under the direction of Richard Marshall.
Trinomial: 22TL501
Cultural Period: Woodland/Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric lithics (debitage and tools) and ceramics, bone tools, fired clay/daub, floral remains, animal bone, mussel shell, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 4258-4265
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1988 Preliminary Archaeological Testing near Mound A, Buford (22TL501) Site, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Published jointly by Cottonlandia Museum, Greenwood and Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University.
Tishomingo County Collections
Tishimingo State Park Survey Project
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS620) | Unknown Aboriginal (22TS649) | Late Archaic (22TS681) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS621) | Middle Woodland (22TS661) | Gulf-Formational (22TS683) |
| Early and Late Archaic (22TS622) | Unknown Aboriginal (22TS663) | Gulf-Formational (22TS686) |
| Early Archaic (22TS623) | Unknown Aboriginal (22TS672) | Early-Late Archaic (22TS690) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS628) | Middle Woodland (22TS674) | Middle Woodland (22TS700) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS629) | Early and Middle Archaic (22TS676) | Middle Woodland (22TS701) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS636) | Late Woodland (22TS680) | Middle Woodland (22TS702) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric lithics (debitage and tools) and ceramics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 166
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1974 Archaeological Survey of Tishomingo State Park and its Environs, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
W.C. Mann Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1978 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Memphis State University under the lead of David H. Dye and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Trinomial: 22TS565
Cultural Period: Paleoindian-Woodland
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1001-1062
Publications:
Dye, David H., and Charlotte Watrin
1985 Phase I and II Archaeological Investigations at the W. C. Mann Site (22TS565), Tishomingo County, MS: Draft Report. Prepared for Nashville District Corps of Engineers, Project #DAC62-78-C-019. Memphis State University, Tennessee.
F. L. Brinkley Midden Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered from 1977-1978 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama by Jeffrey Otinger, Charles Hoffman, and Robert Lafferty III, and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Trinomial: 22TS729
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Middle Woodland
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, unprocessed soil samples
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1063-1244
Publications:
Otinger, Jeffrey L., Charles M. Hoffman, and Robert H. Lafferty III
1982 The F. L. Brinkley Midden (22TS729) Archaeological Investigations in the Yellow Creek Watershed, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 36. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for The National Park Service, Interagency Services, Atlanta on behalf of The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
L.A. Strickland Site Excavation Project
These collections resulted from small-scale excavations conducted by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University in 1976 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The project was lead by Crawford H. Blakeman.
Trinomial: 22TS765
Cultural Period: Woodland and Historic
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 126-129
Publications:
O'Hear, John W., Thomas L. Conn, and Margaret Mosenfelder
1978 Archaeological Salvage Excavations at the L.A. Strickland I Site (22Ts765), Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville. Report prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Bay Springs Research Projects
These collections were recovered from a variety of sites that were to be impacted by construction of the Bay Springs lock and dam in association with the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project. These sites were located in areas of Tishomingo County that were to be inundated by Bay Springs Lake. The Bay Springs Testing Project was undertaken at dozens of sites in the region and was followed by more intensive investigations at the sites listed below.
Trinomials: Emmett O'Neal (22TS954), Bay Springs Mill Sites (22TS1103-22TS1115), Bay Springs Rockshelters (22TS784, 22TS956, 22TS1095)
Cultural Periods: Emmett O'Neal (Archaic-Mississippi), Bay Springs Mill Sites (Unknown Aboriginal and Historic), Bay Springs Rockshelters (22TS784 [Middle Archaic-Woodland], 22TS956 [Early Archaic-Woodland], 22TS1095 [Late Archaic-Woodland])
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: Emmett O'Neal Site (1653-1788), Bay Springs Testing (1789-1822), Bay Springs Mill (1900-1972, 1978-1984, 1994-1999), Bay Springs 7 Sites (3696-3740), Bay Springs Rockshelters (4874-4999), Bay Springs Soil Samples from 22TS954, 22TS784, 22TS992, 22TS976, and 22TS1095 (3803-3815)
Publications:
Adams, William H., Steven D. Smith, David F. Barton, Timothy B. Riordan, and Stephen Poyser
1981 Bay Springs Mill: Historical Archaeology of a Rural Mississippi Cotton Milling Community. Resource Analysts Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Alexander, Lawrence S.
1983 The Archaeology of the Emmett O'Neal Site (22Ts954) in the Bay Springs Lake Segment of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 37. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Bennett, Jeyne, and S. Alan Skinner
1984 Archaeological Data Recovery at Bay Springs Lake, Tishomingo County, Northeast Mississippi. AR Consultants, Dallas, Texas. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Lafferty, Robert H.
1981 The Bay Springs Lake Archaeological Testing Project. Report of Investigations No. 15. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for Interagency Archaeological Services - Atlanta, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Petersen, J.B.
1999 Prehistory of the Bay Springs Rockshelters, Tombigbee River Multi-Resources District, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Volume 4: Prehistoric Ceramic Artifacts. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Smith, Steven D., David F. Barton, and Timothy B. Riordan
1982 Ethnoarchaeology of the Bay Springs Farmsteads: a Study of Rural American Settlement. Resource Analysts Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Yedlowski, J.L.
2007 Prehistory of the Bay Springs Rockshelters, Tombigbee River Multi-Resources District, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Volume 3: Lithic Artifacts. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Yedlowski, J.L., J.M. Adovasio, J. Donahue, R.C. Carlisle, K. Cushman, H.B. Rollins, J.H. Schwartz
1982 Archaeological Data Recovery at Three Rockshelters in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Yedlowski, J.L., J.M. Adovasio, and F.J. Fento
1988 Prehistory of the Bay Springs Rockshelters, Tombigbee River Multi-Resources District, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Volume 1: Environment, Excavations and Geoarchaeology. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Washington County Collections
Hebe Site (aka Smythe Plantation) Excavation Project
Trinomial: 22WS521
Cultural Period: Archaic-Mississippi and Historic
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, charcoal samples, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 59-68
Publications: None
Webster County Collections
Eupora Industrial Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1990 during Phase II testing of Eupora Industrial Site 6 that would be impacted by the proposed construction of the Eupora Industrial Park. This project was directed by Richard Marshall.
Trinomial: 22WE524
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic-Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery and lithics (debitage and tools)
Owner: Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 5008-5010
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1990 Report of Determination of Archaeological Significance of Two Sites in the West Extension, Eupora Industrial Park, Webster County, Mississippi (MDAH Report #90-060).
Multiple-County Projects
Archaeological Testing Investigations at 58 Sites in the River and Canal Sections of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
This collection was recovered as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project beginning in the fall of 1978 by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of co-principal investigators Carey B. Oakley and Judith A. Bense.
Trinomials:
| 1Pi81 | 22IT577 | 22LO707 | 22MO656 | 22MO751 | 22MO828 |
| 1Pi503 | 22IT581 | 22LO710 | 22MO510 | 22MO752 | 22MO829 |
| 1Pi505 | 22IT583 | 22LO720 | 22MO696 | 22MO753 | 22MO830 |
| 22IT506 | 22IT590 | 22LO721 | 22MO710 | 22MO759 | 22MO772 |
| 22IT537 | 22LO553 | 22MO548 | 22MO725 | 22MO761 | 22MO780 |
| 22IT539 | 22LO692 | 22MO608 | 22MO726 | 22MO765 | 22MO792 |
| 22IT563 | 22LO696 | 22MO609 | 22MO732 | 22MO767/768 | 22MO796 |
| 22IT565 | 22LO698 | Sharpley Bottom | 22MO735 | 22MO802 | 22PS539 |
| 22IT575 | 22LO701 | 22MO640 | 22MO737 | 22MO826 | 22PS541 |
| 22IT576 | 22LO702 | 22MO650 | 22MO750 | 22MO827 | 22PS542 |
Cultural Periods: Various
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 2000-2175
Publications:
Bense, Judith A.
1982 Archaeological Investigations at 58 Sites in the River and Canal Sections of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Report of Investigations No. 18. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for The National Park Service, Southwest Region, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Bolivar County
Malone Site Excavation Project
This collection originated from excavations conducted sporadically from 1961-1965 by Dan Printup. Mr. Printup appears to have been a photographer and amateur archaeologist who worked at sites throughout the Midsouth.
Trinomial: 22BO552
Cultural Period: Woodland (Deasonville, Marksville)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, floral, fired clay/daub
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 112-117
Publications: None
Chickasaw County
Chickasaw County Survey Project
This collection was recovered in 1973 during a survey by James Atkinson of the Department of Anthropology at MSU within the Houlka Creek drainage of Chickasaw County. It represents a series of surface collections.
Trinomial/Cultural Period:
| 22CS515 (Woodland) | 22CS519 (Woodland) |
| 22CS516 (Woodland) | 22CS520 (Middle Archaic and Woodland) |
| 22CS517 (Woodland) | 22CS525 (Early-Middle Archaic) |
| 22CS518 (Woodland) | 22CS526 (Late Archaic-Late Gulf-Formational) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Number: 150
Publications: None
Clay County
Metzger Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1970 when Richard Marshall of the department of anthropology at MSU conducted a field school at the Metgzer Site in Clay County, Mississippi. The site was located about 10 miles north of the city of Starkville.
Trinomial: 22CL502 (aka 22CL500)
Cultural Period: Gulf-Formational to Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, floral, fired clay/daub
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 1-17
Publications:
Marshall, Richard
1970 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 14: 14-16. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
1985 Progress Report on Field Research, 1970: Fourth Summer Field Session in Mississippi Archaeology, Mississippi State University. In Anthology of Mississippi Archaeology, 1966-1979, edited by Patricia Galloway, pp. 122-126. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
Kellogg Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during 1979 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of James R. Atkinson and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22CL528
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic, Woodland, Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 175-247, 444-448, 658
Publications:
Atkinson, James R., John C. Phillips, and Richard Walling
1980 The Kellogg Village Site Investigations, Clay County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Ethnoarchaeology at Waverly Plantation
In 1979 Resource Analysts, Inc. of Bloomington, Indiana began test excavations within the boundaries of the proposed Waverly Public Access area as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. William H. Adams was principal investigator. This tract encompassed a large part of the early nineteenth century Waverly plantation.
Trinomials: 22CL521, 22CL567, 22CL568, 22CL569, 22CL571, 22CL573, 22CL575, 22CL576
Cultural Period: Historic
Artifact Types: historics
Box Numbers: 1823-1898, 1985
Publications:
Adams, William H. (editor)
1980 Waverly Plantation: Ethnoarchaeology of a Tenant Farming Community. Resource Analysts, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Recreation and Conservation Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
The Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project - Colbert, Barton, and Vinton
The THTP was concerned with the multi-disciplinary study of the remains of three river towns: Colbert (ca. 1830-1847), Barton (ca. 1848-1870) and Vinton (ca. 1850-1920). They were to be affected by construction of the Barton Ferry Public Access Area on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The project was carried out in three phases by Michigan State University. Charles E. Cleland and W. Lee Minnerly served as co-principal investigators. Fieldwork began in 1979 and continued until 1983.
Trinomials: 22CL809 (Colbert), 22CL810 (Barton), 22CL811 (Vinton)
Cultural Period: Historic
Artifact Types: historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 2179-2465, 4069-4070, 4073-4079
Publications:
McClurken, James M., and Peggy U. Anderson
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 1.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 2.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 3.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 4.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 5.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 6.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 7.
1981 Oral History Interview Transcripts Tombigbee Historic Townsites Project. Volume 8.
Anderson, Peggy, James M. McClurken, J. Randall Mason, Frank W. Miller, and Lee Minnerly
Minnerly, W. Lee, Leah Allen, Dean L. Anderson, Stephen W. McBride, and James M. McClurken
Cleland, C. E., and K. A. McBride
Yarborough Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1980 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of Carey B. Oakley (principal investigator) and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22CL814
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Mississippi
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1245-1441
Publications:
Solis, Carlos, and Richard Walling
1982 Archaeological Investigations at the Yarborough Site (22CL814), Clay County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 30. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Sanders Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the late 1980s as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University under the lead of John W. O'Hear and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22CL917
Cultural Period: late Gulf-Formational
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, unprocessed soil samples
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 4043-4068, 4080-4082
Publications:
O'Hear, John W., C. Margaret Scarry, Susan L. Scott, David E. Pettry, and Paul Heartfield
1990 Archaeological Investigations at the Sanders Site (22CL917), an Alexander Midden on the Tombigbee River, Clay County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations 6. Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Hancock County
Claiborne Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1969 when Richard Marshall of the department of anthropology at MSU conducted a field school at the Claiborne and Cedarland (see below) Sites in Hancock County, Mississippi.
Trinomial: 22HA501
Cultural Period: Late Archaic (Poverty Point)
Artifact types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), Poverty Point Objects (PPOs), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 32-52
Publications:
Boudreaux, Edmond A., III
1995 Stone Tools and Debitage from the Claiborne Site: An Analysis of the Mississippi State University Collection. In Raw Materials and Exchange in the Midsouth: Proceedings of the 16th Annual Mid-South Archaeological Conference, edited by Evan Peacock and Samuel O. Brookes, pp. 64-74. Report No. 29. Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.
Marshall, Richard A.
1969 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 13: 22. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
1970 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 14: 14-16. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
Cedarland Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1969 when Richard Marshall of the department of anthropology at MSU conducted a field school at the Claiborne (see above) and Cedarland Sites in Hancock County, Mississippi.
Trinomial: 22HA506 (aka 22HC30)
Cultural Period: Late Archaic (Poverty Point)
Artifact types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), Poverty Point Objects (PPOs), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 133, 156, 157
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1969 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 13: 22. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
1970 Current Research: Mississippi. In Southeastern Archaeological Conference Newsletter 14: 14-16. Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
Itawamba County
White Springs Site Excavation Project
These collections were recovered in 1979 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The project also involved investigation of the Shell Bluff site (22LO530) in Lowndes County. The fieldwork was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi under the lead of David Heisler and Robert Gilbert; however, analysis and reporting were undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of Eugene Futato. All work was conducted through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22IT537
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Mississippi (primarily Late Woodland)
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1603-1652, 1986-1993, 3833-3835, 3875-3885, 4037
Publications:
Futato, Eugene M.
1987 Archaeological Investigations at Shell Bluff and White Springs, Two Late Woodland Sites in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District. Report of Investigations 50. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Turtle Pond Site Excavations
These collections were recovered in 1981 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The fieldwork was undertaken by New World Research, Inc. of Pollock, Louisiana under the lead of Prentice M. Thomas, Jr. All work was conducted through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22IT643
Cultural Period: Archaic-Late Woodland
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1976-1977
Publications:
Thomas, Prentice M., Jr., L. Janice Campbell, Carol S. Weed, Mark T. Swanson, and Kathy Bagley-Baumgartner
1982 Archaeological Investigations at the Turtle Pond Site (22IT643), Itawamba County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 66. New World Research, Inc. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
See also Multiple-County Projects
Jackson County
Jackson County Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in June of 1972 by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology at MSU.
Trinomials: 22JA521 (Rudloff), 22JA522 (Standard Oil), 22JA523 (Coastal Chemical), 22JA543-545 (Escatawpa I-III)
Cultural Period: Late Woodland/Mississippi (Rudloff), Unknown Aboriginal (Standard Oil), Unknown Aboriginal (Coastal Chemical), Woodland-Mississippi (Escatawpa I), Early Woodland (Escatawpa II), Late Archaic/Woodland (Escatawpa III)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 69-78 (Rudloff), 77-78 (Standard Oil), 77-78 (Coastal Chemical), 78 (Escatawpa I-III)
Publications: None
Lauderdale County
Meridian Industrial Park Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1978 during Phase III mitigation of sites 22LD514 and 22LD515 by Thomas Conn of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. The project was undertaken following the discovery of the site during cultural resource survey by James Atkinson in 1976 and a 5-day Phase II testing program by Conn in 1977, who considered the site to be signifiicant and worthy of mitigation prior to the construction of the Lauderdale County Northeast Industrial Park.
Trinomials: 22LD514 and 22LD515
Cultural Period: Middle Woodland (22LD514), Late Archaic-Middle Woodland (22LD515)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 106-107, 111 (22LD514), 106-111 (22LD515)
Publications:
Conn, Thomas L.
1978 Archaeological Investigations at 22Ld515, Lauderdale County Northeast Industrial Park, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
O'Hear/Lehmann Lauderdale County Excavation Project
These collections were recovered in 1984 during investigations by O'Hear and Lehmann into Tallahatta Quartzite-bearing sites in Lauderdale County.
Trinomials: 22LD521, 22LD538, 22LD539, 22LD540, 22LD541, 22LD542, 22LD543, 22LD544, 22LD545, 22LD546, 22LD547, 22LD548, 22LD549, 22LD550, 22LD551, 22LD552, 22LD553
Cultural Period: Archaic/Woodland
Artifact Types: Lithics
Owner: Cobb Institute of Archaeology
Box Numbers: 3926-4007
Publications: None
Lee County
Cedar Scape Site Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in June of 1972 by Marc Rucker of the Department of Anthropology, MSU.
Trinomial: 22LE500
Cultural Period: Historic Indian (Chickasaw)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay/daub, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 118-123, 134
Publications: None
Trice Site Research Project
This project was undertaken in 2002 by Jeffrey Alvey as part of his Masters thesis research within the Department of Anthropology, MSU. The collection includes materials from general and controlled surface collections, and excavation.
Trinomial: 22LE827
Cultural Period: Early-Late Archaic/Woodland (primarily Middle Archaic)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), fired clay/daub, animal bone, mussel shell, floral
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 5028-5035
Publications:
Alvey, Jeffrey S.
2005 Middle Archaic Settlement Organization in the Upper Tombigbee Drainage: A View from the Uplands. Southeastern Archaeology 24(2): 199-208.
Lowndes County
Lowndes County Survey (1980 MSU Field School)
These general surface collections were recovered by Janet Rafferty's 1980 MSU archaeological survey field school.
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| 22LO759 (Historic) | 22LO760 (Late Woodland/Mississippi) | 22LO761 (Historic) | 22LO762 (Historic) | 22LO763 (Historic) |
| 22LO764 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO765 (Historic) | 22LO766 (Historic) | 22LO767 (Historic) | 22LO768 (Unknown Aboriginal) |
| 22LO769 (Late Woodland/Mississippi/Historic) | 22LO770 (Historic) | 22LO771 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO772 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO773 (Historic) |
| 22LO774 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO775 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO776 (Late Woodland) | 22LO777 (Late Woodland/Mississippi) | 22LO778 (Unknown Aboriginal) |
| 22LO779 (Historic) | 22LO780 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO781 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO782 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO784 (Historic) |
| 22LO785 (Historic) | 22LO786 (Historic) | 22LO787 (Historic) | 22LO788 (Late Woodland) | 22LO789 (Historic) |
| 22LO790 (Historic) | 22LO791 (Historic) | 22LO792 (Historic) | 22LO793 (Historic) | 22LO794 (Historic) |
| 22LO795 (Historic) | 22LO796 (Historic) | 22LO797 (Historic) | 22LO798 (Historic) | 22LO799 (Mid-Late Woodland) |
| 22LO800 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO801 (Historic) | 22LO802 (Unknown Aboriginal/Historic) | 22LO803 (Historic) | 22LO804 (Historic) |
| 22LO805 (Historic) | 22LO806 (Early-Mid Mississippi) | 22LO807 (Historic) | 22LO808 (Historic) | 22LO809 (Late Woodland/Mississippi) |
| 22LO810 (Early Mississippi) | 22LO811 (Early Mississippi) | 22LO812 (Historic) | 22LO813 (Historic) | 22LO814 (Historic) |
| 22LO815 (Historic) | 22LO816 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO817 (Historic) | 22LO818 (Historic) | 22LO819 (Historic) |
| 22LO820 (Historic) | 22LO821 (Unknown Aboriginal) | 22LO822 (Historic) | 22LO823 (Historic) | 22LO824 (Historic) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 572-581
Publications: None
Shell Bluff Site Excavation
These collections were recovered in 1979 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The project also involved investigation of the White Springs site (22IT537) in Itawamba County. The fieldwork was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi under the lead of David Heisler and Robert Gilbert; however, analysis and reporting were undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of Eugene Futato. All work was conducted through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO530
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Mississippi (primarily Late Woodland)
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1442-1602
Publications:
Futato, Eugene M.
1987 Archaeological Investigations at Shell Bluff and White Springs, Two Late Woodland Sites in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District. Report of Investigations 50. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Cofferdam Site Excavation Project
These collections were recovered in 1975 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of Crawford Blakeman and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO599
Cultural Period: Archaic - Late Woodland
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 365-385, 642
Publications:
Blakeman, Crawford H., James R. Atkinson, and G. Gerald Berry
1976 Archaeological Investigations at the Cofferdam Site, 22LO599, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Tibbee Creek Excavation Project
These collections were recovered during 1976-1977 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of John O'Hear and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO600
Cultural Period: Gulf-Formational - Mississippi (primary occupation attributed to Late Woodland - Miller III)
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 327-364, 662-664
Publications:
O'Hear, John, Clark Larsen, Margaret M. Scarry, John Phillips, and Erica Simon
1981 Archaeological Salvage Excavations at the Tibbee Creek Site (22Lo600) Lowndes County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
West Port Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1984 from limited salvage excavations conducted at the extinct Tombigbee river town of West Port by Janet Rafferty of MSU's Department of Anthropology. Local historian Rufus Ward had noticed a large refuse pit feature exposed in a construction area. Dr. Rafferty was alerted and salvage excavations commenced resulting in the collections now curated by the Institute. The site had been previously recorded during the cultural resources survey that preceded construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Atkinson and Elliott 1978); however, the authors considered the site to be ineligible for the National Register thus no mitigation work had been undertaken at the site in association with construction of the waterway. The excavation results remain largely unpublished; however, during his time as an undergraduate at MSU, John Underwood conducted an analysis of the metal and glass artifacts (see below).
References Cited
Atkinson, James R., and Jack D. Elliott
1978 A Cultural Resources Survey of Selected Construction Areas in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: Alabama and Mississippi, Volumes 1 and 2. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University. Report submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22LO690
Cultural Period: Historic (the town was established in the 1830s but had largely been abandoned by the end of the century)
Artifact Types: historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, MSU
Box Numbers: 4071-4072
Publications:
Underwood, John R.
1992 West Port: An Analysis of Metal and Glass Artifacts. Unpublished ms. on file, Cobb Institute Curation Facility, Mississippi State University.
Excavations at 22LO741, A Nineteenth Century, Multipurpose, Light Industrial Site
This collection was recovered in 1981 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by Michigan State University under the lead of Michael J. Hambacher and through contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service.
Trinomial: 22LO741
Cultural Period: Historic
Artifact Types: historic
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 2206, 2208, 2466-2474
Publications:
Hambacher, Michael J.
1983 22Lo741: A Nineteenth Century Multipurpose Light Industrial Site in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Michigan State University. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Mid Atlantic Region.
See also Multiple-County Projects
Monroe County
Okashua and Self Sites Excavation Project
These collections were recovered during 1975 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The two sites are separated by approximately eight miles. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of Jack T. Wynn and James R. Atkinson and through contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service.
Trinomials: 22MO586 (Self), 22MO651 (Okashua)
Cultural Period: Archaic - Woodland at each site
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: Okashua (418-426), Self (427-443)
Publications:
Wynn, Jack T., and James R. Atkinson
1976 Archaeology of the Okashua and Self Sites, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
East Aberdeen Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the late 1970s as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University under the lead of Janet Rafferty and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Trinomial: 22MO819
Cultural Period: Early-Late Archaic (predominately Middle Archaic), Woodland
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, unprocessed soil samples
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 248-326, 659-661
Publications:
Rafferty, Janet E., Lea B. Baker, Jack D. Elliott, Jr., and Marlesa A. Gray
1980 Archaeological Investigations at the East Aberdeen Site (22Mo819), Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Hang Kettle #1 Site Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in 1973 by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. Marshall had conducted a survey of the region (see below) in March/April of 1973 during which time the site was located. A subsequent excavation project was undertaken in July of 1973. The collection described below represents the materials collected during the survey and excavation. Results of the excavation have not been published.
Trinomial: 22MO564
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic and Protohistoric/Historic Indian
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fossilized faunal remains, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 147-149
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1973 The Aberdeen-West Point, Mississippi and Aberdeen Substation Survey. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
See also Multiple-County Projects
Noxubee County
Shuqualak Watersheds Survey Project
This survey project was undertaken in April of 1971 by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. Along with survey of the proposed project area, Marshall and his crew also recorded several other sites in the county that they were taken to by local informants.
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| Unknown Aboriginal (22NO515) | Mississippi/Protohistoric (22NO519) | Middle Woodland-Mississippi (22NO525) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22NO516) | Late Woodland/Mississippi (22NO520) | Unknown Aboriginal (22NO540) |
| Middle Woodland (22NO517) | Late Woodland/Mississippi (22NO521) | Unknown Aboriginal (22NO526) |
| Protohistoric/Historic (22NO518) | Late Archaic (22NO522) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), mussel shell, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 142
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1971 Shuqualak Watershed Improvement Area Survey, Noxubee County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge Survey Project
This survey project was undertaken in 1977 and 1978 by Janet Rafferty of the Department of Anthropology, MSU.
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| 22NO554 (Historic) | 22NO558 (Late Woodland, Historic) | 22OK643 (Historic) |
| 22NO555 (Middle Woodland) | 22OK640 (Historic) | 22OK644 (Historic) |
| 22NO556 (Protohistoric) | 22OK641 (Historic) | 22WI507 (Historic) |
|
22NO557 (Early Archaic, Gulf-Formational, |
22OK642 (Late Gulf-Formational, Historic) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), historics
Owner: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Box Numbers: 155
Publications:
Rafferty, Janet
1978 Cultural Resource Reconnaissance and Project-Oriented Survey, Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, Mississippi. Report submitted to Interagency Archaeological Services, Atlanta. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
Oktibbeha County
Lyon's Bluff
The Lyon's Bluff site has seen several seasons of excavation by researchers from MSU. The collections held by the Cobb Institute are associated with field-school projects conducted by Richard Marshall during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and Evan Peacock (and associated graduate students) during the summers of 2001 and 2003.
Trinomial: 22OK520
Cultural Period: Mississippi - Protohistoric
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, unprocessed samples, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: Marshall (4085-4206), Peacock (5368-5461), Seltzer (5462-5471), Bierly (5472-5480), James (5481-5484)
Publications:
Bierly, S. Marshall
2007 Terminal-Occupation Community Patterns at Lyon's Bluff (22OK520) in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi: Sedimentological, Molluscan, Artifactual and Geophysical Evidence. Masters thesis. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
James, Thomas R.
2010 Changes in Occupation at Lyon's Bluff. Masters thesis. Department of Anthropolgy and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University, Starkville.
Marshall, Richard A.
1986 The Protohistoric Component at the Lyon's Bluff Site Complex, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. In, The Protohistoric Period in the Mid-South: 1500-1700 -- Proceedings of the 1983 Mid-South Archaeological Conference, edited by David H. Dye and Ronald C. Brister, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archaeological Report NO. 18, Jackson, Mississippi.
Peacock, Evan, and S. Homes Hogue
2005 A New Series of Absolute Dates from Lyon's Bluff (22OK520), East-Central Mississippi. Southeastern Archaeology 24(1): 46-58.
Seltzer, Jennifer L., and Evan Peacock
2011 Determining the Season of Mississippian House Construction from Plant Impressions in Daub. Southeastern Archaeology 30(1): 123-133.
Fire Station Site Excavations
This collection was recovered during a small excavation project in 1976 by Crawford Blakeman of the Department of Anthropology, MSU.
Trinomial: 22OK585
Cultural Period: Protohistoric
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 550-551
Publications: None
Starkville Survey Collections
For the past several decades researchers from MSU have been involved in the recording and investigation of the numerous Late Prehistoric to Early Historic Period sites that exist in the vicinity of Starkville. These efforts have been undertaken by both faculty and staff of MSU, and student projects under the supervision of faculty. The primary individuals involved in these efforts included faculty members Crawford Blakeman, Richard Marshall, Janet Rafferty, and Evan Peacock, and students Rick Walling and Rex Poole. Entry of these collections here will be on-going as they are numerous and many have not yet been cataloged.
Walling Survey Sites:
| 22OK703 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK775 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK800 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK720 (Middle Woodland - Historic Indian) | 22OK776 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK801 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK764 (Protohistoric - Historic Indian) | 22OK777 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK802 (Woodland - Historic Indian & Historic Non-Indian) | |
| 22OK765 (Late Mississippi - Protohistoric) | 22OK778 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK816 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK766 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK779 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK817 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK767 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK780 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK818 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK768 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK781 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK819 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK769 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK782 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK842 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK770 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK787 (Mississippi) | 22OK858 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK771 (Woodland - Historic Indian) | 22OK790 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK870 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | |
| 22OK772 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK793 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK1013 (Late Mississippi - Protohistoric) | |
| 22OK773 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK797 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | ||
| 22OK774 (Late Mississippi - Historic Indian) | 22OK798 (Woodland - Historic Indian) |
Artifact Types: These are exclusively general surface collections that consist mostly of pottery sherds and lithic debitage. Some collections contain small amounts of other kinds of materials such as bone, shell, daub, etc.
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 570
Publications: None
Quitman County
Denton Site Excavation Project
This project was undertaken in 1972 by Gerald Berry of the Department of Anthropology, MSU. Results of the excavation were never published. The only reference to the undertaking is found in Connaway's (1977) report The Denton Site: A Middle Archaic Occupation in the Northern Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, which reported on MDAH's work at the site. Connaway (1977:ix) mentions that "In 1972, Mississippi State University excavated a 12-foot-deep backhoe trench across the southernmost knoll."
Trinomial: 22QU522
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic - Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, unprocessed soil samples, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 18-31
Publications: None
Sunflower County
Powell Bayou Mound Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during a MSU field school in 1969 led by Richard Marshall of the Department of Anthropology. While the results of the project were never published by Marshall, Mary Evelyn Starr analyzed the materials during her time as a student/worker at MSU and published the articles listed below. Note: Starr claims in her articles that the field records for this project were lost. This is not true. They have been located within the Cobb Institute's curation facility since 1986.
Trinomial: 22SU516
Cultural Period: Late Woodland/Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric lithics (debitage and tools), and ceramics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 54-56
Publications:
Starr, Mary Evelyn
1991 Powell Bayou: Part 1. Mississippi Archaeology 26(1): 1-36.
1997 Powell Bayou (Part 2) and Dockery: Two Mississippian Components in the Sunflower Basin of Mississippi. Mississippi Archaeology 32(2): 79-97.
Tallahatchie County
Buford Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered during the summer of 1968 during a combined archaeological field school of the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University under the direction of Richard Marshall.
Trinomial: 22TL501
Cultural Period: Woodland/Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric lithics (debitage and tools) and ceramics, bone tools, fired clay/daub, floral remains, animal bone, mussel shell, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 4258-4265
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1988 Preliminary Archaeological Testing near Mound A, Buford (22TL501) Site, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Published jointly by Cottonlandia Museum, Greenwood and Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University.
Tishomingo County
Tishimingo State Park Survey Project
Cultural Period/Trinomials:
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS620) | Unknown Aboriginal (22TS649) | Late Archaic (22TS681) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS621) | Middle Woodland (22TS661) | Gulf-Formational (22TS683) |
| Early and Late Archaic (22TS622) | Unknown Aboriginal (22TS663) | Gulf-Formational (22TS686) |
| Early Archaic (22TS623) | Unknown Aboriginal (22TS672) | Early-Late Archaic (22TS690) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS628) | Middle Woodland (22TS674) | Middle Woodland (22TS700) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS629) | Early and Middle Archaic (22TS676) | Middle Woodland (22TS701) |
| Unknown Aboriginal (22TS636) | Late Woodland (22TS680) | Middle Woodland (22TS702) |
Artifact Types: Prehistoric lithics (debitage and tools) and ceramics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 166
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1974 Archaeological Survey of Tishomingo State Park and its Environs, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University.
W.C. Mann Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1978 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Department of Anthropology, Memphis State University under the lead of David H. Dye and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Trinomial: 22TS565
Cultural Period: Paleoindian-Woodland
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1001-1062
Publications:
Dye, David H., and Charlotte Watrin
1985 Phase I and II Archaeological Investigations at the W. C. Mann Site (22TS565), Tishomingo County, MS: Draft Report. Prepared for Nashville District Corps of Engineers, Project #DAC62-78-C-019. Memphis State University, Tennessee.
F. L. Brinkley Midden Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered from 1977-1978 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The research was undertaken by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama by Jeffrey Otinger, Charles Hoffman, and Robert Lafferty III, and through contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Trinomial: 22TS729
Cultural Period: Early Archaic-Middle Woodland
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, unprocessed soil samples
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 1063-1244
Publications:
Otinger, Jeffrey L., Charles M. Hoffman, and Robert H. Lafferty III
1982 The F. L. Brinkley Midden (22TS729) Archaeological Investigations in the Yellow Creek Watershed, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 36. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for The National Park Service, Interagency Services, Atlanta on behalf of The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
L.A. Strickland Site Excavation Project
These collections resulted from small-scale excavations conducted by the Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University in 1976 as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project. The project was lead by Crawford H. Blakeman.
Trinomial: 22TS765
Cultural Period: Woodland and Historic
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 126-129
Publications:
O'Hear, John W., Thomas L. Conn, and Margaret Mosenfelder
1978 Archaeological Salvage Excavations at the L.A. Strickland I Site (22Ts765), Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, Mississippi State University, Starkville. Report prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Bay Springs Research Projects
These collections were recovered from a variety of sites that were to be impacted by construction of the Bay Springs lock and dam in association with the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project. These sites were located in areas of Tishomingo County that were to be inundated by Bay Springs Lake. The Bay Springs Testing Project was undertaken at dozens of sites in the region and was followed by more intensive investigations at the sites listed below.
Trinomials: Emmett O'Neal (22TS954), Bay Springs Mill Sites (22TS1103-22TS1115), Bay Springs Rockshelters (22TS784, 22TS956, 22TS1095)
Cultural Periods: Emmett O'Neal (Archaic-Mississippi), Bay Springs Mill Sites (Unknown Aboriginal and Historic), Bay Springs Rockshelters (22TS784 [Middle Archaic-Woodland], 22TS956 [Early Archaic-Woodland], 22TS1095 [Late Archaic-Woodland])
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: Emmett O'Neal Site (1653-1788), Bay Springs Testing (1789-1822), Bay Springs Mill (1900-1972, 1978-1984, 1994-1999), Bay Springs 7 Sites (3696-3740), Bay Springs Rockshelters (4874-4999), Bay Springs Soil Samples from 22TS954, 22TS784, 22TS992, 22TS976, and 22TS1095 (3803-3815)
Publications:
Adams, William H., Steven D. Smith, David F. Barton, Timothy B. Riordan, and Stephen Poyser
1981 Bay Springs Mill: Historical Archaeology of a Rural Mississippi Cotton Milling Community. Resource Analysts Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Alexander, Lawrence S.
1983 The Archaeology of the Emmett O'Neal Site (22Ts954) in the Bay Springs Lake Segment of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Report of Investigations No. 37. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Bennett, Jeyne, and S. Alan Skinner
1984 Archaeological Data Recovery at Bay Springs Lake, Tishomingo County, Northeast Mississippi. AR Consultants, Dallas, Texas. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Lafferty, Robert H.
1981 The Bay Springs Lake Archaeological Testing Project. Report of Investigations No. 15. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for Interagency Archaeological Services - Atlanta, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Petersen, J.B.
1999 Prehistory of the Bay Springs Rockshelters, Tombigbee River Multi-Resources District, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Volume 4: Prehistoric Ceramic Artifacts. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Smith, Steven D., David F. Barton, and Timothy B. Riordan
1982 Ethnoarchaeology of the Bay Springs Farmsteads: a Study of Rural American Settlement. Resource Analysts Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Yedlowski, J.L.
2007 Prehistory of the Bay Springs Rockshelters, Tombigbee River Multi-Resources District, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Volume 3: Lithic Artifacts. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Yedlowski, J.L., J.M. Adovasio, J. Donahue, R.C. Carlisle, K. Cushman, H.B. Rollins, J.H. Schwartz
1982 Archaeological Data Recovery at Three Rockshelters in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District, Alabama and Mississippi. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Yedlowski, J.L., J.M. Adovasio, and F.J. Fento
1988 Prehistory of the Bay Springs Rockshelters, Tombigbee River Multi-Resources District, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Volume 1: Environment, Excavations and Geoarchaeology. Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh. Prepared for the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.
Washington County
Hebe Site (aka Smythe Plantation) Excavation Project
Trinomial: 22WS521
Cultural Period: Archaic-Mississippi and Historic
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), animal bone, mussel shell, fired clay/daub, charcoal samples, historics
Owner: Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 59-68
Publications: None
Webster County
Eupora Industrial Site Excavation Project
This collection was recovered in 1990 during Phase II testing of Eupora Industrial Site 6 that would be impacted by the proposed construction of the Eupora Industrial Park. This project was directed by Richard Marshall.
Trinomial: 22WE524
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic-Mississippi
Artifact Types: Prehistoric pottery and lithics (debitage and tools)
Owner: Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University
Box Numbers: 5008-5010
Publications:
Marshall, Richard A.
1990 Report of Determination of Archaeological Significance of Two Sites in the West Extension, Eupora Industrial Park, Webster County, Mississippi (MDAH Report #90-060).
Multiple-County Projects
Archaeological Testing Investigations at 58 Sites in the River and Canal Sections of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
This collection was recovered as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mitigation project beginning in the fall of 1978 by the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama under the lead of co-principal investigators Carey B. Oakley and Judith A. Bense.
Trinomials:
| 1Pi81 | 22IT577 | 22LO707 | 22MO656 | 22MO751 | 22MO828 |
| 1Pi503 | 22IT581 | 22LO710 | 22MO510 | 22MO752 | 22MO829 |
| 1Pi505 | 22IT583 | 22LO720 | 22MO696 | 22MO753 | 22MO830 |
| 22IT506 | 22IT590 | 22LO721 | 22MO710 | 22MO759 | 22MO772 |
| 22IT537 | 22LO553 | 22MO548 | 22MO725 | 22MO761 | 22MO780 |
| 22IT539 | 22LO692 | 22MO608 | 22MO726 | 22MO765 | 22MO792 |
| 22IT563 | 22LO696 | 22MO609 | 22MO732 | 22MO767/768 | 22MO796 |
| 22IT565 | 22LO698 | Sharpley Bottom | 22MO735 | 22MO802 | 22PS539 |
| 22IT575 | 22LO701 | 22MO640 | 22MO737 | 22MO826 | 22PS541 |
| 22IT576 | 22LO702 | 22MO650 | 22MO750 | 22MO827 | 22PS542 |
Cultural Periods: Various
Artifact Types: prehistoric pottery, lithics (debitage and tools), faunal, floral, historics
Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Box Numbers: 2000-2175
Publications:
Bense, Judith A.
1982 Archaeological Investigations at 58 Sites in the River and Canal Sections of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Report of Investigations No. 18. Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Prepared for The National Park Service, Southwest Region, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.