Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter

The Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter in Colbert County is an important archaeological site that records almost 10,000 years of human occupation. Artifacts and other evidence recovered from the site range from the Paleoindian Period to the Mississippian Period, which ended around 1550.

Large sandstone rock shelter with an overhanging ceiling, viewed from above, with a toy all-terrain vehicle beneath it for scale.
Photo courtesy of the Office of Archaeological Research, University of Alabama
Large sandstone rock shelter with an overhanging ceiling, viewed from above, with a toy all-terrain vehicle beneath it for scale.