Bottle Creek Indian Mounds

Bottle Creek Indian Mounds
1 BA 2
Bottle Creek Mounds and related Mississippian sites
Location within Alabama today
LocationStockton, Alabama, Baldwin County, Alabama,  USA
RegionBaldwin County, Alabama
Coordinates31°0′31.69″N 87°56′26.04″W / 31.0088028°N 87.9405667°W / 31.0088028; -87.9405667
History
Founded1250
Abandoned1550
CulturesPensacola culture
Site notes
Excavation dates1932
ArchaeologistsDavid L. DeJarnette
Architecture
Architectural stylesplatform mound
Architectural detailsNumber of temples:
Bottle Creek Site
NRHP reference No.74000398
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1974
Designated NHLApril 19, 1994

Bottle Creek Indian Mounds (1BA2) is an archaeological site owned and monitored by the Alabama Historical Commission located on a low swampy island within the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta north of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was occupied by the peoples of the Pensacola culture, a regional Mississippian culture variant, and is the largest site of the Mississippian culture on the central Gulf Coast. It is important to understanding the history and culture of the Mobile-Tensaw delta in late prehistoric times and was designated as a National Historic Landmark on March 10, 1995, making it one of only two such sites in Alabama (alongside Moundville Archeological Park).