Combines historical documents and archaeological research on various known Lower Muskogee Creek sites. This volume synthesizes the archaeological diversity and variation within the Lower Creek Indians between 1715 and 1836. It argues that the study of Creek Indian history should be at the level of towns instead of archaeological phases.

Foster argues that the study of Creek Indian history should be at the level of towns instead of archaeological phases and that there is significant continuity between the culture of the Historic Period Indians and the Prehistoric and Protohistoric peoples.