The Apalachicola River Valley spans into portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida and includes the river basins of the Apalachicola River, the lower Chattahoochee, and many other rivers. It stretches from hardwood bottomland forests in Georgia and Alabama all the way to the Apalachicola and St. Joseph bays in the Gulf of Mexico. The archaeology of the Apalachicola Valley is as vast and varied as the ecosystems it includes, and this volume is where one should start for either a general knowledge or a deep dive into the fascinating archaeology of this region.
With her years of experience, Professor of Anthropology Nancy Marie White at the University of Florida—who is a recent recipient of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award—begins this volume with a literature review, followed by discussions of the earliest occupations of Florida. It traces pre-contact peoples and their environment, tools, lifeways, and art through the Middle Woodland Period (A.D. 700). At last, this fascinating region has a complete synthesis of its archaeology by a researcher who has devoted her career to studying, promoting, and preserving it. —Jessica Crawford
