Bains Gap Site, Archaeological investigations from 1999 to 2008.BAINS CAP SITE, ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS FROM 1999 TO 2008. Harry O. Holstein, Department of Physical and Earth Sciences, Jacksonville State University Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a 459 acre (0 km) campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. , Jacksonville, AL 36265. The Jacksonville State University Archaeological Resource Laboratory, between 1999 and 2008. conducted six field seasons at the Bain's Gap Site, 1CA625, Calhoun County, Alabama Calhoun County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John C. Calhoun, famous member of the United States Senate from South Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 112,249. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area. . Excavations revealed numerous storage pits, hearths, and post patterns dating from the Early Archaic up through the early Mississippian time periods. In addition, a portion of a palisade and associated 1.5 meter wide ditch were uncovered along the southeastern margin of the site. This feature is similar to and comparative with, another ditch feature uncovered along the margin at the nearby Late Woodland/early Mississippian Wright's Farm Site. 1CA18. Both features indicate Late Woodland/early Mississippian Native American villages within the Upper Coosa Valley were being fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. at this time. Whether, the palisade was meant to keep people out, in, or both will require further investigations. |
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