book chapter
Archeology of the Bynum Mounds, Mississippi
National Park Service, U. S. Dept. of the Interior • (1) • Published In 1951 • Pages: vi, 1-42, 51-112
By: Cotter, John L., Corbett, John M..
Abstract
Cotter and Corbett excavated at Bynum Mounds as part of the mitigation for the construction of the Natchez Trace Parkway. ('In order that all of the values which lend distinction and national importance to the Parkway may be preserved and interpreted, the National Park Service is conducting basic studies in … archaeology. [page v].) They investigated several mounds and a village area. They found several burials, both within the mounds and the village area. They also found ceramics, some copper ornaments, and a few lithic tools, but no bone or wooden tools. Using a comparative trait list (found on pages 59-60), Cotter and Corbett find 'The Bynum site can thus be regarded as a component with close affiliation with Miller II, Copena, and Marksville foci, and definite affinity with McQuorquodale of southern Alabama and Hamilton focus of middle Tennessee aspect, within the Hopewellian phase and ultimately within a general Woodland pattern.' (page 57).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field Date
- circa 1940-1950
- Coverage Date
- Miller I and Miller II
- Coverage Place
- Bynum Mounds; Houton, Mississippi, United States
- Notes
- by John L. Cotter and John M. Corbett, with additions by Marshall T. Newman [and others]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68)
- LCCN
- 51060817
- LCSH
- Woodland culture