Jere Shine Site

Jere Shine Site 1 MT 6
Location
Country	USA
Region	Montgomery County, Alabama
Municipality	Montgomery, Alabama
History
Culture	South Appalachian Mississippian culture
First occupied	1400 CE
Abandoned	1550 CE
Excavation and maintenance
Responsible body	Private
Architecture
Architectural styles	platform mound
Jere Shine Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	35 acres (14.2 ha)
NRHP Reference #	78000507
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1978

The Jere Shine Site (1MT6) is an archaeological site near the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers in modern Montgomery County, Alabama. Based on comparison of archeological remains and pottery styles, scholars believe that it was most likely occupied from 1400–1550 CE by people of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture). In addition to its Mississippian-era Shine I-phase, it is the largest settlement associated with the Shine II-phase of the lower Tallapoosa River. The 35-acre (14.2 ha) site contains five platform mounds and numerous shell middens. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1978.

See also

• List of Mississippian sites
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Alabama

External links

• Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital, and Social Power Cameron B. Wesson
• Mapping the Mississippian Shatter Zone: The Colonial Indian Slave Trade and Regional Instability in the American South By Robbie Franklyn Ethridge, Sheri Marie Shuck-Hall