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<< Image Pages >> O'Bayum's Fort - Artificial Mound in United States in The South

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 29 July 2023  Page Views: 264

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: O'Bayum's Fort Alternative Name: McLeod Bluff Site
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Hickman
Latitude: 36.662770N  Longitude: 89.12135W
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
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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
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O'Bayum's Fort
O'Bayum's Fort submitted by Dodomad : Smithsonian BAE survey of O'Bayum's Fort AKA McLeod Bluff Site near Hickman, Kentucky. Dated to 1280 CE (AD). Image courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in The South

Smithsonian BAE survey of O'Bayum's Fort AKA McLeod Bluff Site near Hickman, Kentucky. Dated to 1280 CE (AD).
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O'Bayum's Fort
O'Bayum's Fort submitted by Dodomad : A shallow, open vessel some seven inches in diameter which represents a fish. These fish effigy vessels were rather common on this site. While well finished on the outside, the specimen has been left rough on the inside. The inner surface shows the imprint of a blunt, curved implement used in its manufacture. Such vessels have been reported from many other southern sites. especially from about Nas... (Vote or comment on this photo)

O'Bayum's Fort
O'Bayum's Fort submitted by Dodomad : A remarkably beautiful specimen of water bottle, eight inches in diameter and twelve inches high. This vessel is made of a very hard black clay, gravel tempered and wholly without decoration on the surface. In form it is evidently designed to represent a gourd. This seems to indicate that these people were familiar with the so-called basket gourd. The design is carried out completely, even to a sa... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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The McLeod Bluff site, in Hickman county, Kentucky by Andy B on Saturday, 29 July 2023
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The McLeod Bluff site, in Hickman county, Kentucky by Webb, William Snyder,
Publication date 1933
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