The Owl Creek Mounds are a Native American Ceremonial Complex located in Mississippi's Tombigbee National Forest. The mounds are believed to have been built between 800 and 900 years ago during the Mississippian era. Archaeological excavations from 1991-1992 by crews from Mississippi State University led by Janet Rafferty revealed structural remains on three of the mounds at the site.
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Middle
Mississippian |
American Bottom
and Upper Mississippi |
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Lower Ohio River and
Confluence area |
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| Middle Ohio River |
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Tennessee and
Cumberland |
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Central and Lower
Mississippi |
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South Appalachian
Mississippian |
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| Fort Walton culture |
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| Pensacola culture |
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Plaquemine
Mississippian |
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Caddoan
Mississippian |
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Upper Mississippian
cultures |
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| Culture |
| Agriculture |
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| Artwork |
- Emmons mask
- Copper plates
- Rogan plates
- Spiro plates
- Wulfing cache
- Duck River Cache
- Long-nosed god maskette
- Mill Creek chert
- Pottery
- Shell gorget
- Stone statuary
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| Languages |
- Caddoan
- Central Algonquian
- Cherokee
- Mobilian Jargon
- Muskogean
- Natchez
- Siouan
- Timucuan
- Tunican
- Yuchi
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| Religion |
- Ballgame (Southeastern)
- Black drink
- Burial mound
- Ceremonial pipe
- Chunkey
- Earth/fertility cult
- Green Corn Ceremony
- Horned Serpent
- Platform mound
- Red Horn
- Sacred bundle
- Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
- Stone box grave
- Thunderbird
- Underwater panther
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- Related topics
- Chevron bead
- Clarksdale bell
- Mound Builders
- de Soto Expedition
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