Archaeology

  • two meter profile of Unit A that exposes the midden
  • a fire pit (hearth) that has locked plant and animal remains
  • The blue arrow shows a modern freshwater catfish skull

Beads

  • A red stone bead made from a non-native material.
  • Red stone bead.
  • Shell beads
  • Shell beads
  • Presumedly a bone bead,
  • A suite of bone artifacts cut from the long bone shafts of large mammals.
  • cut long bone shaft

Bone Artifacts

  • This white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) metapodia
  • head of a bone pin manufactured from a large mammal
  • A bone pin manufactured from a large mammal bone (possibly white-tailed deer).
  • Scribed bone pin
  • A suite of bone pins from the Lake Monroe Outlet Midden.

Marine Resources

  • Perforated marine shells
  • Shell beads
  • The lightning whelk
  • whelk shell
  • artifact manufactured from marine shell
  • shell celt made from the aperture margin of queen conch
  • Shark teeth

Stone (Lithics)

  • Jaketown Perforators
  • Stone flakes that have been made into scrapers or cutters.
  • dart points, spear points, and knives
  • stone knives, dart points, and spear points

Plants

  • Lake Monroe Outlet Midden seed specimens
  • Modern comparative specimen of hickory, Carya sp.
  • Modern comparative specimen of oak, Quercus sp.
  • Modern comparative specimen of hackberry, Celtis sp.
  • Modern comparative specimen of cabbage palm, Sabal palmetto.
  • Modern comparative specimen of greenbrier, Smilax sp.