Alibamu Mounds

We are honored to share our Journeys of Appreciation at Alabama as we travel extensively to experience Aboriginal Mound Centers and waterways.

Cahawba, Alabama [The Old Capital]

Though the large Aboriginal, Ceremonial, Flat-top Mound was destroyed and used as fill for road, railroad and building construction decades ago, we journeyed to see and experience what we could at this important location. The Alabama and the Cahaba Rivers join just below the elevated earthen plateau and rich dark soil.

Aboriginal Mound at “Florence”

This monumental mound proudly graces the Alabama shoreline of the Tennessee River where Aboriginal People built an extensive Center thousands of years ago. Towering at an impressive height of 43 ft with a flattop surface measuring 145 ft by 94 ft and base of 310 feet by 230 feet, the mound is shown on early maps inside an earthen embankment. Smaller mounds, cultivated fields and villages have also been evinced.

Aboriginal Mound Destroyed at “Oxford”

Aboriginal Mound atop mountainous terrain destroyed at “Oxford Alabama”. Choccolocco Park and sports complex now contains two reconstructed mounds after previous destruction.

Aboriginal Mound at “Oakville, Alabama“

Heritage location of the Great Mound Builders of the Moroccan Empire, North Gate. A large Aboriginal Platform Mound (reported to be 2000 years old) near Flint Creek and the Tennessee River.

ABORIGINAL MOUNDS AT “BESSEMER ALABAMA”

This Journey of Appreciation honors Aboriginal People whose legacy is evidenced at many mound and village sites in the vastness along Valley Creek near the so-called settlement “Jonesboro” (long before it became known as “Bessemer”).

Aboriginal Mounds on the Buttahatchee River

Heritage location of the Great Mound Builders featuring three remaining earthen mounds on the swift flowing Buttahatchee River, a tributary of the Tombigbee River. The artifacts found here share characteristics with artifacts located at “Moundville, Alabama”.

ANCIENT MOUND AND VILLAGE AT WETUMPKA ALABAMA

We recently honored the Aboriginal People who built a platform mound and established a large village, strategically situated along the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers. They were said to be a Mississippian culture that had ties to nearby center at Moundville on the “Black Warrior River”.

ABORIGINAL MOUND CENTER AT MOUNDVILLE, ALABAMA

This vast mound center, consisting of 29+ mounds, is located along the “Black Warrior River” and was inhabited by First Nation People thousands of years ago. The “ceremonial” mound is said to be the largest in the Southeast.