Research notes: Chambers Site (15Ml109)

Site

• Large Mississippian village in Marshall County; about 6 ha; a stone-box cemetery was reported at the site. Sources: UPD
• Recorded in the mid-1980s; Pollack and Railey 1987 report. Sources: UPD
• Calibrated radiocarbon dates suggest occupation AD 1250–1350; Angelly phase by its handles. Sources: UPD

Findings

• Two wall-trench houses (5 × 6.4 m; 6 × 8 m), trash area 10 × 16 m, over 1 m of deposits with prepared floors and midden. Sources: UPD
• Terrace/bench interpretation (Pollack and Railey) vs. edge of a platform mound (Clay 1997). Sources: UPD
• Maize, nutshell, maygrass; less fish (5%) than river sites, no migratory birds; Dover and Mill Creek chert hoes. Sources: UPD
• Pans 17% vs. 6% at Adams; bowls 16% vs. 37%. Sources: UPD

Cut

• Deer hunting (in the brief) is not stated in the source pages read, so it was cut.

Timeline

1. 1250 Occupation begins (approximate, radiocarbon). Sources: UPD
2. 1350 Occupation ends (approximate). Sources: UPD

People

• David Pollack Archaeologist, 1987 report
• Jimmy A. Railey Archaeologist, 1987 report
• R. Berle Clay Archaeologist, mound interpretation (1997)

Open questions

• Whether the prepared floors are the edge of a platform mound.

Sources

Secondary sources

• David Pollack, ed., The Archaeology of Kentucky: An Update, vol. 2 (Kentucky Heritage Council, 2008), Mississippi Period chapter, pp. 629–633. (opens in a new tab)