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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds Alternative Name: Mound 6Country: United States
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Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Jackson Nearest Village: Pinson
Latitude: 35.497000N Longitude: 88.6942W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
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davidmorgan visited on 23rd Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
This unusual earthwork consists of a pair of intersecting conical burial mounds. Approximately one third of the northern mound was excavated in 1983, revealing that the mound was constructed in five stages within a relatively short period of time. Several log and/or matting-covered tombs, containing the remains of 16 individuals, were exposed at the base of the mound. In one tomb, eight young women were buried, each wearing fibre headdresses decorated with copper ornaments. Other items placed with the dead include numerous shell and freshwater pearl beads, a large sheet of mica, and a pair of engraved bone rattles.
Diameter: 85ft (northern mound), 95ft (southern mound).
Height: 23ft (northern mound), 26ft (southern mound).
Age: A.D. 100 - 200.
Culture: Middle Woodland.
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