SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 72ND ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 18-21, 2015 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE BULLETIN 58 SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE BULLETIN 58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 72ND ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 18-21, 2015 DOUBLETREE BY HILTON DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Organized by: Kevin E. Smith, Aaron Deter-Wolf, Phillip Hodge, Shannon Hodge, Sarah Levithol, Michael C. Moore, and Tanya M. Peres Hosted by: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University Division of Archaeology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Office of Social and Cultural Resources, Tennessee Department of Transportation iii Cover: Sellars Mississippian Ancestral Pair. Left: McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture; Right: John C. Waggoner, Jr. Photographs by David H. 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Hearing impaired callers may use the Tennessee Relay Service (1-800-848-0298). ©Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2015 ISSN-0584-410X iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Map of Downtown Nashville ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vi Doubletree by Hilton Floor Plan …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… vii Preface and Acknowledgements …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. viii List of Donors ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ix Student Paper Competition ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. x General Information ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Summary of Sessions …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2 Program Wednesday Evening, November 18 ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Thursday Morning, November 19 …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 Thursday Afternoon, November 19 ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Thursday Evening, November 19 ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 Friday Morning, November 20 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..… 10 Friday Afternoon, November 20 …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14 Friday Evening, November 20 ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Saturday Morning, November 21 …………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Saturday Afternoon/Evening, November 21 …………………………………………………………………………… 18 Abstracts of Symposia and Panels ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23 Abstracts of Papers and Posters …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26 v vi NOTE: The HARTMAN ART GALLERY is located on the lobby level just past the entrances to the Tennessee Ballroom. NOTE: The NASHVILLE ROOM is located at the rear of the restaurant on the lobby level (no floor plan shown). To get to the entrance, you have to go through the restaurant. vii PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Welcome back to Nashville after almost three decades! In 1986, Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., Carl Kuttruff, and Mary Beth Trubitt organized the first SEAC meeting in Nashville hosted by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology at the Radisson Plaza. I was then in my first semester of graduate school at Vanderbilt University and working with Carl on Mound Bottom ceramics. Carl quickly enlisted me as official conference “gofer” for my first SEAC meeting. I still recall clearly one of those errands -- a harrowing several-block walk in a drizzling November rain to Lower Broadway to pick up a bottle of whiskey at a very seedy liquor store for our keynote speaker. Since then, downtown Nashville has experienced many years of successful revitalization – including transformation of the Radisson into the Doubletree by Hilton Downtown. By my quick count, SEAC Nashville 1986 included about 140 papers in six organized symposia and 10 general sessions (along with a film festival and excursions to Mound Bottom on Saturday and Sunday). A highlight was the reception at the next-door Tennessee State Museum featuring the then recently opened permanent exhibit “First Tennesseans” featuring a significant part of the Gates P. Thruston Collection. Speaking to the vibrant growth of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, SEAC Nashville 2015 includes about 335 papers and posters in 13 organized symposia (including two all-day sessions and a poster symposium), 15 general paper sessions, and 7 general poster sessions. The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) is hosting two special events – a luncheon workshop on improving your chances on the job market and a panel discussion on Ethical Conduct and Guidelines for Southeastern Archaeology. We added a new event for those arriving hungry on Wednesday night– a BBQ dinner with the Whiskey Diggers. Just around the corner, the Tennessee State Museum is once again hosting our Thursday night reception – the permanent exhibit some of you saw for the first time in 1986 is still on display, but our reception this year will also feature a special exhibition Ancestors: Ancient Native American Stone Sculptures of Tennessee. On Friday, the Business Meeting will start at 5:30, leaving enough time for you to visit some of the many nearby restaurants for dinner before the beginning of the SEAC Dance featuring The Pool (with Chattanooga archaeologist Nick Honerkamp). After the papers close on Saturday, many of you will be taking advantage of the afternoon excursions to Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park (led by Bill Lawrence) and to the Castalian Springs Mounds State Archaeological Area and Wynnewood State Historic Site (led by me). Finally, I want to thank everyone who made my second excursion into “SEAC Nashville” manageable (and perhaps eventually a fond memory!) – particularly my friends and colleagues on the Organizing Committee. Our employers – Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Division of Archaeology, and Tennessee Department of Transportation – have generously supported our time and provided significant financial support to the conference. The Donor Page lists the generous donors who support our efforts to make this a memorable meeting. We especially appreciate the support of Karen Smith and Kandi Hollenbach with SEAC website and membership support. We also thank Rex Weeks (Tennessee State Museum) for his assistance with the special exhibit and reception and our excursion hosts at Old Stone Fort and Castalian Springs/Wynnewood. Kevin E. Smith, Conference Chair Castalian Springs, Tennessee October 2015 viii SPECIAL THANKS TO DONORS* Charles Cobb Division of Archaeology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Florida Archaeological Council Chan Funk Hannah Guidry Rochelle Marrinan Middle Cumberland Archaeological Society Robert V. Sharp Cole Smith Karen Y. Smith Kevin E. Smith Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology Tennessee Department of Transportation Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research Greg Waselkov Nancy Marie White Whit Perrin Wright Stephen Yerka *Donations as of October 13, 2015 ix STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION Review Committee: Amber VanDerwarker (University of California Santa Barbara) Asa Randall (University of Oklahoma) Carolyn Dillian (Coastal Carolina University) Jeffrey S. Alvey (University of Missouri, Columbia). All Models are Wrong: The Problem of Undersampling for Models of Archaeological Occupations and its Consequences for Significance Determinations. Elyse Anderson (University of Florida). Uncovering Faunal Histories at Silver Glen Run, Florida. Rachel V. Briggs (University of Alabama). Timing of the Hominy Foodway in the Black Warrior River Valley, Alabama: A Gendered Approach to Moundville’s Origins. Paul N. Eubanks (University of Alabama). Salt Production in the Southeastern Caddo Homeland. Brandy Joy (University of South Carolina). Silver Bluff Trading Post and Plantation: A Study of Material Diversity in the Carolina Backcountry. Daniel A. LaDu (University of Alabama). Revisiting the Interaction Sphere Concept: Modeling the Coles Creek-Plaquemine Transition as the Convergence of Separate Extra-regional Exchange Networks in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Shawn Patrick Lambert (University of Oklahoma). Locally-Made or Portable Landscapes? XRF Source Analysis of Post-Removal Choctaw Ceramics from Southeastern Oklahoma. Jacob Lulewicz (University of Georgia). A Bayesian Radiocarbon Chronology for Northwestern Georgia, A.D. 700-1400. LisaMarie Malischke (University of Alabama). A Decade of French and Native Interactions in the Yazoo Bluffs Manifested by the Fort St. Pierre Built Environment. Martin W. Menz (University of South Florida). Like Blood from a Stone: Teasing out Social Difference from Lithic Production Debris at Kolomoki (9ER1). Ashley Peles (University