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Submitted by stonetracker on Tuesday, 14 February 2023  Page Views: 369

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Fuller Shell Mound Site
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Spanish Fort AL
Latitude: 30.693485N  Longitude: 87.909366W
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
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1Awful
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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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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Fuller Shell Mound Site
Fuller Shell Mound Site submitted by stonetracker : Fuller Shell Mound site. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/the-fuller-site/. Sponsor: University of Alabama. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Fuller site consists of a shell midden formed by the remnants of countless gatherings and meals. Rangia shells piled across the site highlight the importance of the brackish water clams that helped to feed all the people living and working in the area.

Beginning in the Middle Archaic period, some 5,000 years ago, mobile groups of people who hunted and gathered their food took advantage of this strategic location and occupied it regularly. In addition to being close to abundance sources of food, fresh water, and other essential resources in the delta and bay, this site’s relatively high elevation protected it from floods and storm surges. Nearby outcrops of iron-rich sandstone also offered material suitable for making stone tools, which is rare along the Gulf Coast. About AD 150, the site was occupied again during the Middle Woodland period and yet again during the Mississippian Stage after about AD 1100, attesting to this site’s attractiveness as a place for indigenous people to camp and live over the millennia.

Location coordinates are for the end of a cul de sac (50 Speckled Trout Route). The site, owned by the Archaeological Conservancy, is just beyond this point via a path, but the location is ambiguous.
For more info, see https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/the-fuller-site/
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Fuller Shell Mound Site
Fuller Shell Mound Site submitted by stonetracker : Fuller Shell Mound interpretive sign. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/the-fuller-site/. Sponsor: University of Alabama. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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