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1	Investigations at Kinlock (22SU526), a Freshwater Mussel Shell Ring in the Delta Region of Mississippi Carlock, James Bradley 11 December 2015 (has links) 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. Sunflower River Darwinian archaeology evolutionary archaeology soil coring excavation magnetometry controlled surface collection prehistoric Woodland Period Mississippian Period plaza mound Kinlock Sunflower County Yazoo Basin Mississippi Delta settlement pattern mussel shell shell ring archaeology