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<< Text Pages >> Choccolocco Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in United States in The South

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Choccolocco Stone Alternative Name: 1Ca887
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Birmingham, AL  Nearest Village: Jacksonville, AL
Latitude: 33.690000N  Longitude: 85.76W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Calhoune County, Alabama.
Made of local sandstone, this thick tabular rock has an above ground height of only 2 feet and is 3 feet wide at the base. A loose, angular sandstone wall runs north from the west end of this stone.

Described by Hostein in 2010. It is assumed by its character and context to be prehistoric.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The location given is general for this section of Choccolocco Mountain and should not be used for locating the site. The location will be updated when possible.

[Source: Donald B. Ball and John C. Waggoner, Jr., "Megaliths in the Upland South: Imposing Stones of Uncertain Function," (PDF) Journal of Alabama Archaeology, Vol 56, No. I, 2010.]

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Archaeologists identify hundreds of stone structures in Alabama’s Choccolocco Mountai by Andy B on Sunday, 23 December 2018
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On June 2, 2017 several TV stations, newspapers and Alternative Perceptions Magazine announced the discovery of many more Native American stone structures in the mountainous region of Alabama, east of the Coosa River and north of Interstate 85. The concentration of stone structures extends eastward into Georgia across Metro Atlanta to the Savannah River. Archaeologist, Dr. Greg Little, believes there may be thousands of more stone structures to be discovered in the Choccolocco and Talladega Mountains of Alabama.

Dr. Harry Holstein at Jacksonsville State University in Alabama has played a pivotal role in the discovery and professional investigation of Native American stone structures in the region. He has posted online several of his archaeological reports, which give complete credibility to the articles now being written by other archaeologists and historic preservationists.

Between 2013 and 2016, Creek Indian investigative teams associated with the People of One Fire, identified five stone architecture -terrace complexes in East Central Alabama. They were in Chambers, Randolph and Cleburne Counties on the eastern edge of the state. Like most of the sites in Georgia, they also included stone cairn cemeteries, which seemed older than the agricultural terraces.

https://peopleofonefire.com/archaeologists-identify-hundreds-of-stone-structures-in-alabamas-choccolocco-mountains.html
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The Choccolocco Creek Archaeological Complex by Andy B on Sunday, 23 December 2018
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Centered around Boiling Spring, the Choccolocco Creek Archaeological Complex once consisted of at least three earthen mounds, a large stone mound and a large snake effigy (representation), also made of stone.   The largest earthen mound once stood high above the Choccolocco Creek floodplain.  The earliest earthen mound construction at the site began during the Middle Woodland period (ca. 100 BC to AD 250)  when the site became a regionally important ritual center connected through cultural exchanges with groups living on the Gulf Coastal Plain to the south and the Tennessee Valley to the north.   Mound construction appears to have resumed at the site around AD 1100 when the inhabitants of the Choccolocco Valley were closely connected with the people of the Etowah site near present-day Cartersville, Georgia.

Prior to the 1830s, the Choccolocco Creek Archaeological Complex was the location of the ceremonial ground of the Abihkas, one of the most ancient tribal towns within the modern Muscogee (Creek) Nation.  Ethnographic research conducted by the Smithsonian Institution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries indicates that the stone constructions associated with the complex are associated with oral histories that tell of a town “lost in the water.”  The large stone mound is thought to be the result of “burden” stones carried by the Abihka in remembrance of those lost in a great flood.

This site is very important  to numerous Southeastern indigenous  tribes who assert an ancestral connection with those who built and occupied Alabama’s ancient mounds.   The earthwork landscapes and the objects and information recovered from them reveal a rich cultural tradition that still thrives today among these tribes.   Our indigenous mound sites represent  a heritage for all Alabamians to cherish, and it is important that we protect and preserve them for future generations.

https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/choccolocco/
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