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Multi-periodSite Name: Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park Alternative Name: Indian Mound Park (Alabama), Shell Mound Park (Alabama)Country: United States
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Region: The South Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Mobile, AL Nearest Village: Dauphin Island, AL
Latitude: 30.258300N Longitude: 88.1074W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ancient Oyster Processing Site in Mobile County, Alabama.
Six shell middens are found within the borders of this small public park. Archaeological surveys (1940) and excavations (1990s) revealed the layers of discarded oyster shells, broken cooking pots, fish bones, and charcoal. The site was used for hundreds of years (dated to 1100 CE - 1550 CE) for fishing and oyster gathering and processing.
Archaeologist Gregory Waselkov (University of South Alabama) believes that the visitors to the island came from Bottle Creek for seasonal resources.
Like many barrier islands on the Gulf of Mexico, the park is a migration stop for a wide variety of birds on their yearly flights between Mexico and Central America and the Continental United States and Canada. Over 350 species have been sighted here.
National Register of Historic Places site: Indian Mound Park (added 1973 - - #73000360)
Also known as Dauphin Island Indian Shell Mound;University of South Alabama
Address Restricted , Dauphin Island
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Mississippian, Woodland
Period of Significance: 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner: State
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function: Processing
Current Function: Landscape
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