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Kinlock is a freshwater mussel shell ring site located in Sunflower County in the Mississippi Delta. Little work has been done at freshwater mussel shell rings, and therefore little is known about them. This thesis uses four different data collection methods to answer questions of chronology, site layout, etc. These four methods are controlled surface collection, excavation, coring, and magnetometry. Based on the results of these methods, Kinlock was found to be a Woodland period mussel shell ring with a later Mississippian period component built on top of the shell. This later component consisted of five mounds situated around a plaza. It was also found that the plaza was planned and maintained from the Woodland period through the Mississippian period, until the site was abandoned.
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| Advisor: | Rafferty, Janet E., Peacock, Evan |
| Commitee: | Miller, Darcy S. |
| School: | Mississippi State University |
| Department: | Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work |
| School Location: | United States -- Mississippi |
| Source: | MAI 55/02M(E), Masters Abstracts International |
| Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
| Subjects: | Archaeology |
| Keywords: | Evolutionary archaeology, Mississippi delta, Mounds, Mussel shell ring, Sunflower county, Woodland period |
| Publication Number: | 1604221 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-339-26441-7 |
