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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Rattlesnake Mound Alternative Name: Rattlesnake Mound Group, 21WA10Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 20.505 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Plains Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Afton
Latitude: 44.899490N Longitude: 92.78257W
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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The Rattlesnake Mound Group at Afton was first mapped by T.H. Lewis in 1883. He recorded the site as having consisted of eight mounds varying in size and shape and of which two were “gone”. Four round, one oval, and one effigy mound were identified originally.
A portion of the City of Afton Downtown Sewage Project involves the construction of the stormwater pond and lift station improvements and the installation of sewer lines within the boundaries of site 21WA10. The purpose of the archaeological investigation was to identify if archaeological artifacts or features were present in the area of the proposed stormwater pond and sanitary lift station and to evaluate site 21WA10 for the
National Register of Historic Places.
Source: Minnesota Archaeology
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