SEAC Bulletin 54.Pdf
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 54 2011 Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting November 2-5, 2011 Hyatt Regency Jacksonville-Riverfront Jacksonville, Florida Edited by Kenneth E. Sassaman Jason M. O’Donoughue Hosted by Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology Department of Anthropology University of Florida Meeting Organizers Kenneth E. Sassaman Meggan E. Blessing Jason M. O’Donoughue ISSN-0584-410X Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 54, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments .................................................................................... iii Sponsorships .............................................................................................................. iv Floor Plan of Meeting Facilities .................................................................................... v Annual Meeting Program ............................................................................................. 1 Student Paper Competition Entries ............................................................................ 16 Abstracts of Symposia ............................................................................................... 17 Abstracts of Papers and Posters ................................................................................. 21 Current SEAC Officers ............................................................................................... 87 Past SEAC Presidents ................................................................................................ 88 Past Journal Editors .................................................................................................. 88 Past SEAC Meetings................................................................................................... 88 Past Award Winners................................................................................................... 92 Cover illustration: Copper breast-plate recovered from Mount Royal site (8PU35), Putnam County, Florida by Clarence B. Moore. Image from Certain Sand Mounds of the St. Johns River, Florida, Parts I and II. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1894. ii Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Welcome to Jacksonville Florida and the 68th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. This is the first time SEAC has been held in River City, and only the second time a meeting has been held on the Atlantic coast. It has been nearly one-quarter of a century since waves of the Atlantic Ocean lapped against the feet of SEAC meeting-goers. I was still a graduate student when staff of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology hosted a meeting in Charleston. I have vague memories of helping with the planning, of stuffing envelopes with restaurant guides, and of driving to Charleston from Aiken with the excitement and trepidation that only meeting planning can bring. What, I wondered, did we forget to do? Whose name did we spell wrong? What scheduling conflicts did we create? Happily, that meeting went off without major crisis, and I learned enough from that experience to try it on my own in 1998, for the 55th Annual Meeting in Greenville. Again this would be an event organized from afar, because only a few months before the meeting I had relocated to Gainesville, Florida to take up a new post. I was fortunate to have colleagues back in South Carolina handling the local arrangements, and things went off without a hitch. It was at the time—with the exception of a joint meeting with our Midwest colleagues in Lexington (1994) —the largest SEAC ever. Meetings have grown in the years since Greenville, with last year’s event in Lexington 74 percent larger than the one in 1998, and about three times larger than Charleston in 1987, even without a joint meeting! Our gathering this year is not nearly as big as last year’s meeting, but still impressive considering the peripheral venue. Scheduled over two-and-one-half days in seven concurrent breakout sessions are 290 papers in 13 symposia, 11 general sessions, four poster sessions, and a special lithics panel. Two symposia are all-day affairs, and another pair will honor the contributions of two of our beloved members. The Student Affairs Committee is hosting two workshops, including the annual lunch, and the Native Affairs Committee is hosting a session on southeastern Tribal Archaeology Programs. A number of special meetings events are highlighted in the front section of this bulletin, including receptions, the customary Friday night dance, and two extracurricular events off-site on Saturday. I am grateful for the support and cooperation of many individuals and organizations in the planning and execution of this meeting. Foremost are my co-organizers, Meggan Blessing and Jason O’Donoughue of the University of Florida. Administrative support of the Department of Anthropology, University of Florida was provided by the incomparable Karen Jones and her staff, former Chair of Anthropology, Allan Burns, and Interim Chair, Susan deFrance. This bulletin was printed with funds provided by the Hyatt and Cici Brown Endowment for Florida Archaeology. I am very grateful to those of the Florida archaeological community whose financial sponsorship offset the costs of receptions, notable the student reception. These generous sponsors are listed on next page of this bulletin. Bob Joseph, Corey Determan, and Peter Maholland of Florida State Parks made possible our use of Little Talbot Island State Park, and I am grateful to James Davidson and his graduate students for guiding guests through Kingsley Plantation, access to which was enabled by John Whitehurst, Brian Loadholtz, Emily Palmer, and Barbara Goodman of the National Park Service. Thanks to Alison Hadley for organizing the Student Affairs events, and to Amber Grafft-Weiss and Cassandra Rae Harper for organizing the Public Archaeology Day at MOSH. A host of student volunteers managed the registration desk with aplomb, and I could not have met the logistical challenges of moving large quantities of paper, beer, and ice without the muscle of my crew at the Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology. Enjoy the conference and your stay in River City! KES/Gainesville, FL October 12, 2011 iii Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 54, 2011 SPECIAL THANKS TO SPONSORS OF THE STUDENT AFFAIRS RECEPTION AND GENERAL MEETING RECEPTION Archaeological Consultants, Inc. ♥ Archaeology Institute University of West Florida ♥ Beta Analytic, Inc. ♥ Brockington and Associates, Inc. ♥ Florida Archaeological Council ♥ Florida Public Archaeology Network ♥ Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. iv Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida FLOOR PLAN OF MEETING FACILITIES v Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 54, 2011 vi Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM ON-SITE REGISTRATION Public-oriented activities dealing with Preconvene Area archaeology in the Southeast Weds. 4:00 to 8:00 pm (see details about this special event in a Thurs. 7:30 am to 4:00 pm flyer in your registration packet) Fri. 7:30 am to 12:00 pm RECEPTIONS BOOKS AND EXHIBITS Grand Ballroom 4 Student Affairs Reception Weds. 6:00 to 8:00 (set-up only) Preconvene Area Thurs. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Thurs. 5:00 to 6:30 pm Fri. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Sat. 8:00 to 11:00 am SEAC Reception & Great Spirits Museum of Science and History SPECIAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS Thurs. 7:00 to 9:00 pm (see flyer in your registration packet for SEAC Executive Board Meeting directions and further information) Orlando Weds. 6:30 to 10:00 pm FIELD EXCURSION (by reservation only) Sat. 1:30 to 6:30 pm SEAC Student Affairs Committee Tours of Kingsley Plantation, followed by Workshop: Getting to Know Soil BBQ and Beer at Little Talbot Island State Daytona Park Panelists: Rick Robbins, Sarah Sherwood, and T. R. Kidder SYMPOSIA Thurs. 3:00 to 5:00 pm Precolumbian Archaeology in Florida: Lunch Forum: Effective Geophysical Data New Approaches to the Appendicular Presentation Southeast Orlando Grand Ballroom 1 Panelists: Berle Clay, Bryan Haley, and Jay Thursday, 8:00 am-noon; 1:20-4:40 pm Johnson Fri. 12:00 to 1:00 pm Displaying the Source of the Sacred: Shell Gorgets, Figurines, and Accessing SEAC Native Affairs Liaison Committee Supernatural Power in the Mississippian Symposium: Tribal Archaeology Programs in Period Eastern United States the Southeastern United States Grand Ballroom 2 Daytona Thursday, 8:00 am-noon Fri. 1:20 to 4:40 pm Bioarchaeology in the Southeastern US: SEAC Business Meeting Recent Investigations of Curated Grand Ballroom 1-3 Collections and the Analysis of New Fri. 5:30 to 6:45 pm Discoveries Clearwater SEAC Dance Thursday, 8:40-11:20 am Grand Ballroom 1-3 Fri. 9:00 pm to midnight The Enigma of the Event: Moments of Featuring: The Faze Band Consequence in the Ancient Southeast Grand Ballroom 3 SEAC Public Archaeology Interest Group Thursday, 1:00-5:00 pm Public Archaeology Day at Museum of Science and History Sat. 10:00 am to 2:00 pm 1 Southeastern Archaeological Conference Bulletin 54, 2011 Re-conceptualizing the Southeast from GENERAL SESSIONS the Bottom Up: A Survey of New Theoretical Perspectives Historical Archaeology I Grand Ballroom 1 St. Johns Friday, 8:00 am-noon; 1:00-5:00 pm Thursday, 8:00 am-noon Woodland Zooarchaeology in Coastal Environments Grand Ballroom 3 of the Southeastern United States Thursday, 8:00 am-noon Grand Ballroom 3 Friday,