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Multi-periodSite Name: Portavant Mound Site Alternative Name: Snead Island Temple Mound, Portavant Indian Mound, Emerson Mounds, Emerson Point Preserve
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 82.8 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Palmetto, FL
Latitude: 27.531110N  Longitude: 82.25833W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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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The Portavant Mound (also known as the Portavant Mound Site or Snead Island Temple Mound or Portavant Indian Mound) is an archaeological site on Snead Island within the Emerson Point Preserve, just west of Palmetto, Florida. On December 23, 1994, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Portavant Mound (or Snead Island Temple Mound) is one of fifteen or more "temple mounds" produced by the Safety Harbor culture (900–1725) found in the vicinity of Tampa Bay. The mound is four meters high, measures 45 m by 75 m at the base, and has a flat top that is 24 m by 46 m. Unlike other "temple mounds" around the Tampa Bay area, the Portavant Mound does not have a ramp to the top of the mound. There is a lower (one m high) platform, about 30 m by 30 m, that abuts the main mound. The Portavant Mound was made from soil mixed with debris from middens. Several other mounds, also consisting of soil mixed with midden debris, are near the "temple mound.[3]

The Portavant Mound site has been the target of a stabilization project to protect the mounds from damage from river erosion, looting, foot traffic, and exotic vegetation.[4]

References:
1. National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
3. Luer, George M.; Marion M. Almy (September 1981). "Temple Mounds of the Tampa Bay Area". The Florida Anthropologist. 34 (3): 128, 134. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
4. Archaeological Stabilization Guide: Case Studies in Stabilizing Archaeological Sites" (PDF). Florida Heritage. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.

Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portavant_Mound
Legacy America
https://www.diamondlegacyamerica.org/mound-site-emerson-point-palmetto

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From Palmetto, FL via 10th W and 17th W streets, 6.6 mi.
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Portavant Mound Site submitted by AKFisher : Entrance to Portavant Mound site. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Portavant Mound Site
Portavant Mound Site submitted by AKFisher : At Emerson Point / Portavant Mound site. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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