Dr. Judith Bense

Site 22It581 was excavated as part of the cultural resource mitigation program along the Tennessee-Tombigee Waterway. The excavation focused on a small preserved midden dating to the Middle Woodland Early Miller II phase. Several features were associated with the midden. Subsistence remains suggest fall occupation. An Early Archaic Popular phase Kirk component present beneath the midden was also examined.

Excerpt from Introduction: Between September 29, 1980, and October 17, 1980, approximately 80 person/days were spent by University of West Florida field personnel testing the site and creating topographic and site maps (Figure 9.2). This site occupies an upland physiographic position. Documentation of intact cultural materials at this poorly understood site type within the Upper Tombigbee Valley could provide valuable insight into aboriginal activity sets, resource utilization, and intrasite and intersite patterning.
1983 Archaeological Investigations at Eleven Sites in Monroe and Itawamba Counties, Mississippi: Phase I. Edited By Judith A. Bense.