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Submitted by AKFisher on Wednesday, 16 August 2023  Page Views: 151

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Ely Mound Alternative Name: Ely Mound Archaeological Site
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Rose Hill, Lee County, VA
Latitude: 36.653450N  Longitude: 83.40052W
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.
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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Ely Mound
Ely Mound submitted by AKFisher : Ely Mound near Rose Hill, Virginia. In 1877 when it was first excavated it was a platform mound about 20 feet high. It had a structure on its summit and a large village area surrounded it. During the excavation a deep pit in the mound leading to many burials collapsed burying and killing on man and seriously injuring several others. In 2019 it was excavated again and dated to AD 1200. Photo: Wik... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ely Mound is a historic burial mound located near Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia. It is considered the best-preserved Mississippian culture site in Virginia.

The mound dates to the Late Woodland-Mississippian Period (AD 1200–1650)[2], during which more complex societies and practices evolved, including chiefdoms and religious ceremonies. Often, temples, elite residences, and council buildings stood atop substructure or townhouse mounds such as Ely Mound. (Decaying cedar posts remained in the ground in the late 1800s, and were frequently struck by plows). Lucien Carr, assistant curator of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Boston, led an excavation here in 1877. At that time, the mound measured 300 feet in circumference, and 19 feet in height. Excavation lasted a little over two weeks, with skeletons, pottery, and arrowheads of white flint being unearthed. Unfortunately, one man was killed within a few feet of the bottom of the mound when the shaft he had been digging in collapsed. Several other men were injured. The mound has remained undisturbed until a 2019 excavation led by Maureen Meyers, a professor at the University of Mississippi.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References:
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. Virginia's First Peoples Past and Present: Ely Mound. Prince William Network / Virginia Department of Education. 2013. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013.

Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Virginia

Directions:
From Rose Hill, Lee County, VA via Dr. Thomas Walker Rd., US 58, south 2.3 mi.
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