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<< Our Photo Pages >> Van Damme State Park Shellmounds - Artificial Mound in United States in The West

Submitted by symbionspacesuit on Monday, 14 June 2010  Page Views: 5170

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Country: United States Region: The West Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Fort Bragg, CA  Nearest Village: Mendocino, CA
Latitude: 39.284133N  Longitude: 123.80115W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking south across the edge of the middle shellmound toward the tree line where the souhern shellmound sits. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in The West. The Van Damme State Park Shellmounds are just a short walk off Highway One on the headlands in Pomo country south of the mouth of Big River and the town of Mendocino.

These three shellmounds became part of Van Damme SP with the purchase of the Spring Ranch addition.

The southernmost of the three shellmounds straddles the old property line exposed in the former pasture of the Spring Ranch with cattle fence dividing the mound across east to west from the wooded Van Damme side. Official site for Van Damme State Park
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Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : The trail leading to the south shellmound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : Shell fragments under the trees (Vote or comment on this photo)

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : Shell fragments looking into the tree cover half from the path. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : Spring ranch/van damme state park shellmounds (Vote or comment on this photo)

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : Looking down the property and tree line across the south mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : Shell fragments in the pasture of the south mound

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : The old property line arcoss the southern shellmound

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : Looking across the pasture of the south mound

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : the middle shellmound

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking north toward Mendocino

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking at the middle shellmound across the water with the northern mound in left side of the frame.

Van Damme State Park Shellmounds
Van Damme State Park Shellmounds submitted by symbionspacesuit : looking southwest across the remains of the northern shellmound

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