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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Oakville MoundsCountry: United States
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Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Oakville AL
Latitude: 34.441900N Longitude: 87.17823W
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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 |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The two mounds that remain represent two different types of earthen structures: the 8 meter high square platform mound is one of the largest platform mounds in the state of Alabama, and the other is a smaller 4 meter high conical burial mound. Excavations at other early platform mounds suggest that Oakville’s platform mound was a place where people would come together to hold ceremonies, exchange exotic goods, and renew social ties. The burial mound was built exclusively to inter elite members of the society. In the 1840s, American settlers established the “Old Settler Cemetery” on top of the burial mound.
There is also a museum on the site, known as the Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center. Location coordinates are for the center of the square platform mound.
For more info, see https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/oakville-indian-mounds-park/
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