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Multi-periodSite Name: West Mounds Alternative Name: Hood Mounds, 22 Tu 520Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Dundee MS
Latitude: 34.545920N Longitude: 90.47294W
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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stonetracker visited on 1st Feb 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Mounds A, B, and C are in reasonable shape and visible. There is no official parking pulloff or signage, but there are shoulders nearby where you can get at least partially off the road.
Mounds A and B face each other directly across the paved public road. Mound C is a few hundred yds south in a farm field near a derelict outbuilding. I parked in a grassy area near it. Mound D is not evident amongst the various farm buildings southeast of Mound A. But most experts have questioned whether it's a cultural feature.
West Mounds consists of large platform mound, two or perhaps three smaller mounds, a plaza, and an village site. The mounds were all constructed during the Mississippian Period (Parchman Phase). However, the site was likely occupied as early as the Late Woodland Period (Baytown culture).
Mound A is a large, ramped, rectangular platform mound. It measures approximately 112m wide, 91m long, and 2.7m in height. There is a house on the top of Mound A with associated outbuildings, and drives.
Mound B is a sub-rectangular mound located 32m east of Mound A. It measures approximately 45m in diameter and 1.5m tall.
Mound C is a circular mound positioned on the edge of a slough located 337m south of Mound A. It measures approximately 36m in diameter and 2.25m tall. Lower Mississippi Survey archives indicate the plaza area is approximately 61m long, and oriented east and away from Mound A.
Mound D is a circular feature located 118m south-southeast of Mound A. It measures approximately 29m in diameter and not more than 1m in height. This mound was not mentioned in the most recent publications of work at West Mounds and may not be a cultural feature.
Location coordinates are given for Mound A.
Source of description, maps, and survey history (in the Comments section of this article):
- Travis Cureton, Stephen Harris, Erica Carpenter, and Jay K. Johnson
2014: Mississippi Mound Trail, Northern Region: Phase I Investigations. Report submitted to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. Center for Archaeological Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford.
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