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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Johnson Cemetery MoundCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Hollywood MS
Latitude: 34.740720N Longitude: 90.36604W
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: 4 Access: 4 There is a parking pulloff within 150 ft of the mound. Mound is in good condition and there is at least one grave visible in the surface from the Afro American cemetery. Interpretive sign did not fare as well. The post is bent at an acute angle, obviously hit or vandalized by someone.
The Johnson Cemetery site currently consists of a single mound and associated village, but may originally have had a second mound. The existing mound was first described in the early 20th century as about 14 feet tall and pyramidal in shape. Currently, the mound is 12 feet in height and its shape has suffered from erosion. Johnson Cemetery, an early 20th century African American cemetery, is located on the mound's summit.
Professional archaeologists excavated a portion of the southern slope of the mound in 2013. They determined that it was built in stages by Native American people during the Late Mississippi Period, beginning around AD 1300 or thereabouts. Prior to the building of the mound, Native people prepared the area underneath it by removing the topsoil to expose the fine levee sands underneath. Then they conducted a series of rituals that resulted in the deposition of multiple thin layers of ash, burned soil, and charcoal. These deposits contained many artifacts, including pottery and food remains such as maize. Immediately after these events took place, the first stages of mound building commenced. This evidence suggests that feasting or other community-wide eating events may have an important association with mound building at the site, a pattern that has been documented at other mound sites in the southeastern United States.
Location coordinates are at mound summit.
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