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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in United States in The South

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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 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:
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
2 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
0No data.
4 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
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Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park
Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park submitted by geoslee : Indian Shell Mound - Mississippian Period (AD 1100 to 1550) Dauphin Island, Alabama, USA *Image property of: dauphinislandhistory.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park
Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park submitted by AKFisher : Dauphin Island Shell Mounds, Alabama. There are several shell mounds and geometric mounds here. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park
Dauphin Island Shell Mound Park submitted by bat400_photo : Shell Mound Closeup Dauphin Island, AL Image copyright: MiCamRa, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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