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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: McKinstry MoundsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 19.455 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Plains Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: International Falls, MN Nearest Village: Pelland, MN
Latitude: 48.523000N Longitude: 93.575W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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Artificial Mounds in Koochiching County, Minnesota.Two mounds, the largest built over an earlier village site. Excavated in the first half of 20th C. Both had previous damage from modern looting.
Mound 1 was 8 feet high and 83 feet in diameter. Finds included pottery shards, worked animal bone and teeth,stone tools, copper bracelets, and shell beads, formed into necklaces.
Mound 2 contained 96 sets of remains, many being secondary burials.
A National Register of Historic Places site.
Note: Location is for the village, not the mound location, which lies along the Rainy River.
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