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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Copena Mound Site Alternative Name: Copena MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 44.777 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Rogersville, AL
Latitude: 36.354410N Longitude: 87.18769W
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 South
From historical marker on site, "This burial mound is one of hundreds constructed during the Middle Woodland period between 100 BC and AD 500 by native people who shared burial practices with other similar cultural groups extending from the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to Canada. Here in northern Alabama, archaeologists have named these people and their mounds 'Copena' blending the words copper from eastern Tennessee and Michigan and galena, a lead ore from Missouri. These minerals are common to mounds built here in the Tennessee Valley and indicate a far flung trading network. The people who built such mounds used great care to design these structures and enshrine their ancestors, even the sand and clay used to build them were transported from long distances."
Further reading and information:
Historical Marker Database
http://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=154232
Indian Mound and Museum
encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/indian-mound-and-museum/
Directions:
From Rogersville, AL via US-72 E, 6.8 mi. Note: Mound is contained within a condo complex. Access is open. See photo.
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