The 2007 AAS summer meeting was held at Russell Cave National Monument, which has produced evidence of occupation from 6500 BC to AD 1650. AAS members were also treated to demonstrations of atlatl throwing and flint knapping.
White polymer clay casts (above) show the prehistoric netting that was impressed into the pottery sherds from Clarke County (shown below the white casts, photo by Mary Spanos for An Analysis of Prehistoric Pottery from Clarke County Salines, by Ashley Dumas, an archaeological report submitted to the Alabama Historical Commission).
Links
The present-day boundaries of the state of Alabama encompass a wealth of archaeological and historical treasures. The following sites provide internet access to some of the stewards of those treasures.
Alabama's Archaeological and Historical Parks and Museums:
- Alabama Museum of Natural History, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Historic Blakley State Park, Spanish Fort, Alabama
- Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park, Brierfield, Alabama
- Clarke County Historical Museum, Grove Hill, Alabama
- Fort Toulouse National Historic Park, Wetumpka, Alabama
- Moundville Archaeological Park, Moundville, Alabama
- Russell Cave National Monument, Bridgeport, Alabama
- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, Alabama
- Old St. Stephens Historical Park, Washington County, Alabama
- Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park, Tannehill, Alabama
- Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Tuskegee, Alabama
Related State Resources:
- Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
- Alabama Historical Commission, Montgomery, Alabama
- Encyclopedia of Alabama
Archaeology Programs in Alabama's Universities and Colleges:
- Auburn University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
- Auburn University at Montgomery, Archaeology Lab
- Jacksonville State University, Department of Physical and Earth Sciences
- University of Alabama, Department of Anthropology offers an undergraduate degree in anthropology, M.A. programs in anthropology (cultural and physical) and archaeology, and a Ph.D. program in medical anthropology and the archaeology of the Southeast
- University of Alabama in Birmingham, Department of Anthropology
- University of South Alabama, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
- University of West Alabama is now offering anthropology and archaeology courses, and a program of archaeological research is being conducted through the Center for the Black Belt
Other Regional Archaeological Societies and Resources:
- The Archaeological Institute of America--North Alabama Society
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
- The Florida Anthropological Society
- Historical Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
- The Society for Georgia Archaeology
- Mississippi Archaeological Association
- Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC)
- The Tennessee Archaeology Network