Oxford in Calhoun County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Woodland

1,250 BC to AD 1000

— Choccolocco Park Interpretive Trail —

Woodland Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 26, 2020

1. Woodland Marker

Inscription. Woodland period people established permanent communities within a climate and forest that was very similar to that experienced by today's residents of the Choccolocco Valley. By AD 100, the residents had started constructing the earthen mound located here. Around AD 500, the people living here constructed a stone mound on nearby Signal Mountain in what was perhaps an act of remembrance for their ancestors. These "burden stone” piles have been found on many of the surrounding mountains. Archaeologists distinguish between different groups of people living during this time primarily from the pottery they left behind such as the container illustrated below and recovered from here during archaeological excavations.

Erected 2016 by the City of Oxford.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 33° 36.335′ N, 85° 47.67′ W. Marker is in Oxford, Alabama, in Calhoun County. It can be reached from Leon Smith Parkway. Located within

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Choccolocco Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 954 Leon Smith Parkway, Oxford AL 36203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Caver-Christian-Davis Farm (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The "Shattering" of the Mississippian World (approx. 0.2 miles away); Archaic (approx. 0.2 miles away); Boiling Springs Road (approx. ¼ mile away); Paleoindian (approx. ¼ mile away); The Choccolocco Creek Archaeological Complex (approx. ¼ mile away); Mississippi Earthen Mounds (approx. ¼ mile away); Mississippi Agriculture (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of

View west from marker along walking trail. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 26, 2020

2. View west from marker along walking trail.

all markers in Oxford.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 454 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.