Bessemer Site

This article is about the Alabamian archeological site. For the Virginia site, see Bessemer Archaeological Site.

Bessemer Site

Location in Alabama today
Alternative name	Talley Mounds, Jonesboro Mounds
Location	Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Region	Central Alabama
Coordinates	33.38935°N 87.01035°W / 33.38935; -87.01035
History
Cultures	South Appalachian Mississippian culture
Architecture
Architectural details	Number of monuments: 3

The Bessemer Site, also known as the Talley Mounds and the Jonesboro Mounds, is a South Appalachian Mississippian culture archaeological site located near the confluence of Halls Mill Creek and Valley Creek (a tributary of the Black Warrior River), west of downtown Bessemer in Jefferson County, Alabama. The site was occupied in the early Mississippian period from about 1150 to 1250 CE.^[1]

See also

• Bottle Creek Mounds
• Moundville site
• Jere Shine site
• Taskigi Mound

References

1. "Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail : The Bessemer Site". The University of Alabama Museums.

External links

• Talley mounds
• Educational plaque located at the site