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Multi-periodSite Name: Kituwah Alternative Name: Kituwah, Keetoowah, Kittowa, Furguson FieldsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 16.365 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Bryson City, North Caroline
Latitude: 35.438802N Longitude: 83.40106W
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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sitedowser visited powerful site- I dowsed energy lines around the mound and had huge pressure in my chest for hours- I had asked permission from officials but not apparently everyone! I'm very respectful on sites...
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Archaeological evidence collected by Brett Riggs (University of North Carolina), including gradiometer examination and shovel tests, supports an origin of the mound itself to the Mississippian Era (1000AD). Gradiometer data indicate both hearth locations (including a large hearth at the center of the mound) and multiple constructions of a central building. Finds of human remains indicate that the mound was also used for inclusive burials, perhaps at much later time periods.
Kituwah was so important that the historic Cherokee sometimes call themselves "Ani-Kituwah -a" (the people of Kituwah.) The town was razed by the British in mid 1700's during the Anglo-Cherokee War, but the site continued to be venerated. In the mid 1990's the Eastern Band of the Cherokee purchased the remains of the mound. Years of plowing have reduced the mound to 175 feet round, but only 5 feet high.
The village site and mound are signposted on State Road 19, between the towns of Cherokee and Bryson City.
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