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<< Other Photo Pages >> Albany Mounds - Barrow Cemetery in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Albany Mounds
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Davenport, IA  Nearest Village: Albany, IL
Latitude: 41.780700N  Longitude: 90.2293W
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
4 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.
4 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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Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Albany Mounds, Whiteside CO., IL One of the most important archaeological sites in Illinois, Albany Mounds contains evidence of continuous human occupation over the last 10,000 years. The Albany Mounds date from the Middle Woodland (Hopewell) period (200 BCE-CE 300), older than either the Cahokia or Dickson Mounds of the Mississippian period. Image copyright: B Max Dixon (Bill Dixon), hosted on ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Whiteside County, Illinois.
Woodland culture burial mounds. Public park.
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Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Albany Mounds, Albany Illinois. November 1st 2009. Kite Aerial Photograph. Sutton Flowform 30. Canon SD870 with CHDK. Brookes Picavet. IMG_5101. Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Albany Mounds, Albany Illinois. November 1st 2009. Kite Aerial Photograph. Sutton Flowform 30. Canon SD870 with CHDK. Brookes Picavet. Stitched p Stitched Panorama Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Albany Mounds, Albany Illinois. November 1st 2009. Kite Aerial Photograph. Sutton Flowform 30. Canon SD870 with CHDK. Brookes Picavet. IMG_5143.J Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Albany Mounds, Albany Illinois. November 1st 2009. Kite Aerial Photograph. Sutton Flowform 30. Canon SD870 with CHDK. Brookes Picavet. IMG_5142.J Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Hopewell mounds in Albany Image copyright: sfgamchick, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : View of one of the Albany Mounds Albany mounds, facing south Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : Albany Mounds December 2008, 3 images Panorama Stitched Panorama of Albany Mounds, Illinois. Camera facing south. Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Albany Mounds
Albany Mounds submitted by Flickr : View of one of the Albany Mounds View of one of the mounds at Albany Mounds. Camera facing west. Image copyright: rjoe_brandon, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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