Alabama Mounds/Earthworks

Bottle Creek, Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Alabama

Period: Mississippian

Bottle Creek is considered one of the most important prehistoric Native American sites in Alabama. It is a large Mississippian complex in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and has than more than 18 mounds. The site has been dated to approximately 1100-1400 CE. The isolation of the site has kept it relatively undisturbed. It is now a National Historic Landmark owned by the state of Alabama.

Illustration by Carol Hicks from Native American Mounds in Alabama: An Illustrated Guide to Public Sites, Revised by Dr. Gregory L. Little, Ed.D.

Links to learn more about the Bottle Creek

• Bottle Creek Indian Mounds en.wikipedia.org
• Bottle Creek Indian Mounds www.EncyclopediaofAlabama.org