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Submitted by AKFisher on Friday, 25 August 2023  Page Views: 140

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Graveline Mound Site Alternative Name: Graveline Mounds, 22Ja503
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 78.266 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Gautier, MS
Latitude: 31.729210N  Longitude: 88.9658W
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
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3 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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Graveline Mound Site
Graveline Mound Site submitted by AKFisher : Obscure Mounds: Graveline Mound in extreme southern Mississippi. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in The South

Threatened by destruction from encroaching development, the Graveline Mound site was acquired by The Archaeological Conservancy in 2000. The site is located in a residential subdivision of the City of Gautier on a small, undeveloped lot that is surrounded by both roadways and homes. Positioned approximately 150 m north of Mississippi Sound on the Gulf of Mexico, the mound rests on a flat terrace formation dating to the Pleistocene. Several small unnamed bayous enter the Gulf just to the east and to the west of the mound, with the mouth of the larger Graveline Bayou being located about 375 m to the west of the site. Thus, the site is readily accessible via watercraft and is located within close proximity to abundant aquatic resources.

Though the original contours of Graveline Mound have been affected by the processes of erosion over the years, it is clear that the initial earthen structure was rectangular in shape with a flat summit. The mound currently stands 1.65 m in height, with a large summit measuring approximately 20 m in length by 15 m in width. Roughly oriented along a northeast-southwest line, the long axis of the mound measures 30 m in length, while the shorter axis measures 25 m. An eroded, yet visible, ramp extending from the mound summit is located on the southern flank of the mound. The degree to which erosion has modified the original size of the mound currently is unknown, though it is almost certain that the overall height of the mound has been reduced since its initial construction. Unfortunately, looting also has contributed to the modification of the original shape and size of the mound, especially along the northern mound flank where eroded pits are as wide as five meters. Despite such damage, the mound remains in good condition and holds the potential to reveal extremely valuable data on the woodland period occupation along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Indeed, Graveline Mound is the only known example of a Woodland period platform mound in this portion of the region. Our knowledge of Woodland period occupation in the eastern portion of the Mississippi Sound region is extremely limited, due, in part, to a dearth of intact, non-disturbed deposits. Unfortunately, residential development, erosion, and storm and hurricane activity all have contributed to the substantial and ongoing destruction of many contemporaneous sites located on or near the coastline. Notably, however, at least five smaller, conical mounds are known within a 500 m radius of the Graveline Mound. Because these mounds are located on private property and have not yet been investigated archaeologically, little is known about their possible relationship, if any, with the Graveline Mound. If coeval with the Graveline site, such a grouping would represent the largest known concentration of prehistoric mounds along the Gulf Coast strand between northwestern Florida and Louisiana.
Source: Mississippi Archaeology Trails (.gov site - see link below).

Further reading and information:
MS Archaeology Trails
trails.mdah.ms.gov/ct/graveline.htm<2>
ResearchGate
http://www.researchgate.net/figure/Graveline-Mound-site-map-illustrating-test-units-1-2-m-Black-units-represent-the_fig2_268823493<4>

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From Gautier, MS via Graveline Rd., 4.1 mi.
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Graveline Mound Site
Graveline Mound Site submitted by AKFisher : Archaeological dig on site. Photo credit: MS Archaeology Trails state website (.gov). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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