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Mound 11 Sector, a few meters to the north of Sauls' Mound, behind the museum. Mound 11 is a natural rise that is believed to have been a habitation area during the Middle Woodland period. [4] Mound 12, several meters southwest of Sauls' Mound. Mound 12 was a burial mound built upon an Early Woodland habitation area. Dimensions: base— 23 x 17 ...
Mound Builder peoples built the mounds between 800 and 1100 A.D., during the Late Woodland period, to serve as burial and cultural sites. While the Madison area was once home to over 1,000 mounds, all but roughly 200 have been destroyed, making the Vilas Park group more significant as a potential source of information about Late Woodland ...
The large park encompasses 702 acres (2.84 km 2), and has 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (8.9 km) of walking trails. Near the visitor center is a reconstructed ceremonial earthlodge, based on a 1,000-year-old structure excavated by archeologists. Visitors can reach the Great Temple Mound via a half-mile walk or the park road.
Castalian Springs Mound 2: Castalian Springs Mound Site in Sumner County, Tennessee: 1100 to 1450 CE Middle Mississippian culture: Located on the eastern edge of a plaza, a 120 feet (37 m) in diameter 8 feet (2.4 m) tall mound was found to contain over a hundred burials when excavated by William E. Myer in the early 1890s. [11] Craig Mound
Cox Mound/Cox Village Site: 40AN19 Mississippian 1934/1960 Bull Bluff Site: 40AN20 Woodland, Mississippian, Historic 1961 Crawford Farm Mound: 40AN21 Woodland 1938 Freels Farm Mounds: 40AN22 Woodland 1934 Freels Cabin Site: 40AN28 American pioneer 1977 DOE-owned Carden Farm Site: 40AN44 1990 Eagle Bend Site: 40AN45 1986 Eagle Bend Site: 40AN46 ...
The Kolomoki Mounds is one of the largest and earliest Woodland period earthwork mound complexes in the Southeastern United States [3] and is the largest in Georgia. Constructed from 350 to 600, the mound complex is located in southwest Georgia, in present-day Early County near the Chattahoochee River .
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park (), formerly known as "Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park", [3] also known as Knapp Mounds, Toltec Mounds or Toltec Mounds site, is an archaeological site from the Late Woodland period in Arkansas that protects an 18-mound complex with the tallest surviving prehistoric mounds in Arkansas.
The oldest mound associated with the Woodland period was the mortuary mound and pond complex at the Fort Center site in Glade County, Florida. Excavations and dating in 2012 by Thompson and Pluckhahn show that work began around 2600 BCE, seven centuries before the mound-builders in Ohio.