2016/02/12 by Neill J. Wallis, Paulette S. McFadden · 19 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Archaeology and Rock Art Studies #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Excavation #Archaeology #Woodland #Geology #Trench #Ridge #Paleontology #Geography #Ecology
paper · doi:10.1080/0734578x.2015.1106211
published in Southeastern Archaeology 35(3), 194-212 (Taylor & Francis)
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Forty-five years ago Timothy Thompson excavated at two of the six mounds at the Garden Patch site but results were never reported. We assembled data from Thompson's work and enhanced them with new test pits at Mound IV and re-excavation of a Mound V trench. Mound IV is a natural sand ridge where a village was established early, by the second century A.D. Mound V began as a naturally elevated platform for at least one burial and associated structure during the fourth century A.D. and was then covered by lenses of shell and sand. The construction sequence of Mound V resembles other mounds in the region. These results help illuminate the functions and depositional histories of mounds within Woodland multi-mound centers of the coastal plain while also demonstrating an effective approach to balancing stewardship and new excavations.