Emily Warner, right, with the USA Center for Archaeological Studies, and Thomas Grace, with Wiregrass Archaeological Consulting, bisect a feature in the soil at a site that is along the route for a proposed Mobile Bay bridge.

Center for Archaeological Studies

The Center for Archaeological Studies conducts archaeological research, teaching, and public service in the north-central Gulf Coast region. The Center promotes the archaeological study and appreciation of the region's prehistoric and historic past; disseminates to the public information about the region's archaeology; and preserves archaeological evidence of the region's past for future study, use, and enjoyment. The Center involves students in research projects, providing hands-on experience in archaeology.

The Center's archaeologists have carried out over 1,000 survey and excavation projects during the last thirty years. Ground-breaking research at sites like Old Mobile and Port Dauphin has revealed much about Alabama's earliest colonial history. The rapid pace of modern development has also led us to sites like Bottle Creek, the Exploreum, and Dog River Bridge, where Indigenous People, French, British, Spanish, and Early American settlers left their marks on the landscape.


 

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Archaeology in Action: South Conception Street Site
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Tuesday - November 28, 2023
Archaeology in action on South Conception Street
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Archaeology in Action: South Royal Street Site
Archaeology in Action: South Royal Street Site
Friday - November 10, 2023
We excavated the South Royal Street Site, or 1MB510, as part of the I-10 Mobile River Bridge Archaeology Project in 2022.
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Mapping Memory: Texas Hill
Mapping Memory: Texas Hill
Tuesday - October 24, 2023
The remarkable thing about oral history, in all of its sonic richness, is the ability of a community to construct a nuanced and vivid sense of place, creating a marriage of image and sound allowing their audience to both hear and see a place.
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