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<< Our Photo Pages >> Florence Mound - Artificial Mound in United States in The South

Submitted by stonetracker on Wednesday, 08 February 2023  Page Views: 616

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Florence Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 39.207 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Florence AL
Latitude: 34.790315N  Longitude: 87.669893W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by stonetracker : Florence Mound. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/florence/. Sponsor: University of Alabama. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Florence Mound was the heart of a large prehistoric cultural center that dominated this section of the Tennessee River Valley thousands of years ago. An early 1800s map showed the mound as quadrilateral in shape with its four corners corresponding to the four cardinal directions. It featured an eight to ten foot high earthen embankment that partially encircled it from river bank to river bank.

The University of Alabama conducted excavations of the mound and determined that it was originally built between AD 100 and 500, during the Middle Woodland period. These investigations also found that 1,000 years later, people associated with the Mississippian Stage added more earth to the summit and continued to use the mound as a cultural center.

The mound is located in a park, which also features a museum.
For more info see: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/florence/
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Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by AKFisher : Florence, Alabama mound, from "Native American Indian Mounds in Alabama." Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by AKFisher : Historical marker on site. Photo credit: Historical Marker Database. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Original mid-1800s survey of the Florence, Alabama mound. The earthwork and a couple other mounds outside of the survey are now gone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by AKFisher : Florence Indian Mound marker on site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by AKFisher : Andrew Collins (@AndrewBCollins) heads up the huge mound at Florence, Alabama. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by AKFisher : The 42-foot high platform mounbd at Florence, Alabama, dated to around 400 BC--AD 500. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by stonetracker : Image of stairs ascending mound. Photo courtesy of Greg Little author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016)

Florence Mound
Florence Mound submitted by stonetracker : Inside the Visitor's Center/Museum. Photo Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/florence/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.

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Re: Florence Mound by stonetracker on Tuesday, 21 February 2023
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Only site in Alabama I've had time to visit is Moundville, which is spectacular. The rest are on my bucket list.
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Re: Florence Mound by davidmorgan on Saturday, 18 February 2023
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That's good that it has its own museum. On street view:
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    Re: Florence Mound by bat400 on Sunday, 19 February 2023
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    I visited the museum about 15 years ago. The stone tools on display appear to have come from multiple private collections and are nicely laid out.
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