Moccasin Bluff Site, Archaeological site along St. Joseph River in Berrien County, United States

Moccasin Bluff Site is an archaeological location along the St. Joseph River in Berrien County featuring a landscape of a terrace between steep hills and two islands within the river's wide bend. Excavations revealed storage pits, fire pits, and hearths that show evidence of food preservation and early farming activities.

Temporary camps on the terrace date to as early as 6300 BC. By around AD 500 inhabitants traded with groups from Illinois and Indiana, and between AD 1100 and 1400 more permanent villages were established and residents farmed the local lands. European settlers arrived in the late 1820s to log and farm, and the US government then moved the local Potawatomi west.

This location served as a seasonal gathering place for communities who expressed their relationship with the land through burials and food storage practices over many centuries.

The site lies on a terrace beside the Red Bud Trail north of Buchanan, overlooking a wide bend of the St. Joseph River with two islands. It is a listed archaeological site with no visitor facilities, so it is seen from the trail rather than entered. The main part was destroyed when the Red Bud Trail Highway was built.

Researchers uncovered more than 30 different animal species at this location during excavations, including substantial remains of deer and elk bones. These animal remains suggest that beyond feeding, ceremonial practices held an important place in the lives of earlier inhabitants.