Alabama Mounds/Earthworks

Talley Mounds, Bessemer, Alabama

Period: Mississippian, Woodland

Three mounds were once located by Valley Creek in Bessemer, Alabama. The site was also called the Tally Mounds and the Jonesboro mounds. Excavations done during the 1930s revealed 23 burials. It was thought that up to 1,000 people resided at the site.

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 Bessemer Mounds

• Talley mounds www.BhamWiki.com
• Excavations at the Bessmer Site www.AlabamaMoundTrail.org