Contents; Introduction; Part I The Preliminary Archaeological Survey of the Chattahoochee Valley Area in Alabama; 1. The Historic Tribes in the Survey Area; 2. Study and Analysis of the Survey Material; 3. Summary and Conclusions; Part II Archaeological Investigations in the Walter F. George Basin; 4. Excavations; 5. Summary and Conclusions; Part III Special Investigation of 1 Ru 101, The Spanish Fort Site; 6. Historical Background; 7. Excavations; 8. Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary
David L. DeJarnette, the founder of scientific archaeology in the state of Alabama, reports on archaeological surveys and excavations undertaken in the Chattahoochee River Valley between 1947 and 1962. The three contributors, Wesley R. Hurt, Edward B. Kurjack, and Fred Lamar Pearson Jr., each made signal contributions to the archaeology of the southeastern states. With their mentor, David L. DeJarnette, they worked out a viable cultural chronology of the region from the earliest Paleoindian and Archaic foragers to the period of early European-Indian contact. They excavated key sites, including
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index
