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<< Other Photo Pages >> Owl Creek - Artificial Mound in United States in The South

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 06 January 2019  Page Views: 3805

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Owl Creek
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 17.317 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Tupelo, MS  Nearest Village: New Houlka, MS
Latitude: 34.056400N  Longitude: 88.924W
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.
 4 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.
 5 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
 4

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Owl Creek
Owl Creek submitted by Creative Commons : Owl Creek Mounds The five Mississippian period platform mounds at this site were built between 1100 and 1200 A.D. The U.S. Forest Service owns two of the mounds including the largest 17-foot-high Mound I. Both are open to public visitation. Archeological excavations conducted at the site in 1991-1992 by Mississippi State University revealed the foundation remains of a ceremonial temple or elite re... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village and Artificial Mounds in Mississippi. A group of four mounds, the largest being a flat topped pyramid. Carbon 14 dating indicates that the mounds, a central plaza and a village area were built and occupied within 100 years (1100 - 1200 AD.)

Four miles off the Natchez Trace Parkway, in Mississippi's Tombigbee National Forest.
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Owl Creek submitted by AKFisher : The largest mound at the Owl Creek, Mississippi site. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : Chickasaw Indian Mounds at Owl Creek- Natchez Trace Parkway, just south of Tupelo, Mississippi Chickasaw Indian Mounds at Owl Creek- Natchez Trace Parkway, just south of Tupelo, Mississippi Image copyright: UGArdener (JR P), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : Natchez Trace Parkway-Owl Creek Indian Mounds Image copyright: Alan C of Marion,IN, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : Owl Creek Mound, MS Image copyright: jculprit, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : Natches Trace MS Owl Creek Mounds off Natchez Parkway, Mississippi. Image copyright: miike dunn photo (Mike Dunn), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : WAS OWL CREEK THE TOWN OF CHICASA? "Hernando De Soto landed in Florida at Tampa Bay in May, 1539. His army numbered around 800 Spaniards including two women. He also had 240 horses and several pigs. The expedition traveled through the Southeast to Texas and returned to the Mississippi River to float down to the Gulf of Mexico. Only about 300 Spaniards survived the four-year journey to rea...

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : Modern-Day Archaeology - Mound 1 "Because the mounds contained few artifacts, they probably were used for short-term ceremonies rather than as permanent chiefs' residences. In 1992, archaeologists searched for a village at Owl Creek. They dug shovel holes thirty yards apart over the entire site and sieved the dirt from 160 holes. Only a few broken pieces of pottery were found, which me...

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Owl Creek submitted by Flickr : Owl Creek Mounds, Tombigbee National Forest Image copyright: JuralMS, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Owl Creek submitted by durhamnature : Plan drawing of the four mounds, from "Mound Builders" via archive.org

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