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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Common Fields Alternative Name: 69000306Country: United States Region: The Plains Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Village: Ste Genevieve, MO
Latitude: 37.952720N Longitude: 90.015W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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bat400 visited on 21st Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Used the mound as a backdrop for a series of photographs I took leading up to the total solar eclipse at 1318, 21 Aug 2017. On a previous visit it appeared that a farm road north of the mound was the closest access point (one could drive as far as the railroad,) but the county road south of the mound is a far better view point.
bat400 visited on 18th Oct 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3
Plowing has eliminated all surface indications of the village, but one mound remains, approximately 10-12 feet high and 100 feet long. Limited test digs date the site culturally to 1000 AD to 1400 AD, and considering that affiliation, it's likely that the mound served as the platform for a building.
You can see the mound from Missouri State Road 61 just south of the village on Ste Genevieve, or from a graveled road turning off SR 61 just south of the mound (called Cottonwood Road or New Bourbon Road, depending on the map you are using.) The mound itself is on private land and there is no access.
Aside from this prehistoric site, Ste Genevieve and the surrounding area has the largest concentration of colonial French architecture in the United States, despite the original town site having been wiped off the earth by Mississippi floods. The earlier Mississippian village is located in what were later the common fields for the colonial village.
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