<< Our Photo Pages >> Indian Island Shellmounds - Artificial Mound in United States in The West
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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Indian Island Shellmounds Alternative Name: site HUM-67, Tolowot, Tuluwat, Duluwat, Gunther IslandCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 24.101 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The West Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Eureka Nearest Village: Somoa
Latitude: 40.814686N Longitude: 124.166091W
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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Artificial Mound in The West. Indian Island Shellmound Cluster (HUM-67), is the largest mound site north of the San Francisco Bay. The ancient village of Tolowot has been the center of Wiyot world for more than 10,000 years. There are several shellmounds on the low lying marshy island, ranging in size to the largest being 14 feet high and covering approx. 6 acres.
Clay human figurines and zooform clubs have been found among the burials & village site of HUM-67. On top of many of the shellmounds the archeological remnants of multiple pit houses where found.
There is no public access to the site, the closest one can view the mounds are from boat.
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