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Submitted by AKFisher on Monday, 21 August 2023  Page Views: 136

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Copena Mound Site Alternative Name: Copena Mound
Country: 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:
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 Accuracy:
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
4

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Copena Mound Site
Copena Mound Site submitted by AKFisher : This is the "Copena Mound" in Limestone County, Alabama. It dates to 100 BC - AD 500. It is in the middle of a condo complex and was preserved by the construction of a brick enclosure encircling it. Photo 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

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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Copena Mound Site
Copena Mound Site submitted by AKFisher : Historical marker on site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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