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Multi-periodSite Name: Oelsner Indian Mound Alternative Name: Oelsner MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 23.464 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Port Richey, FL
Latitude: 28.271720N Longitude: 82.73257W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Artificial Mound in The South
From Historic Marker on site:
"This Indian mound is all that remains of a late Weeden Island period community, probably settled about A.D. 1000 and inhabited for several hundred years. Excavations conducted in 1879 by S.T. Walker for the Smithsonian Institution indicated this was a temple mound. A nearby burial mound, excavated in 1903 by Clarence B. Moore, was subsequently destroyed by developers along with other remnants of the prehistoric community. This mound was preserved by its owner, the late "Aunt" Martha Oelsner, who believed it also contained Timuqua or Calusa Indian graves."
Further reading and information:
https://www.tampabay.com/news/pasco/2020/10/20/temple-mound-used-by-prehistoric-pasco-residents-lands-on-the-national-register/
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=67070
Directions: In city limits of Port Richey, FL.
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