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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Sinnissippi MoundsCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Sterling, IL
Latitude: 41.797810N Longitude: 89.65972W
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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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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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The Sinnissippi Mounds are a Havana Hopewell culture burial mound grouping located in the city of Sterling, Illinois. The mounds are a product of the Hopewell tradition which flourished in the Sterling area around 2,000 years ago. At that time, the area was at the center of a vast trade network that stretched up and down the Mississippi River. Mounds such as the Sinnissippi are common throughout the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys.
Modern discovery: The first European settler in Sterling, Hezekiah Brink, noted the mounds when he arrived in 1834. Among some of the other early European settlers was a group of men who were interested in starting a Science Club. The Sterling Scientific Club, in existence as early as the 1870s, made one of their goals the investigation of the burial mounds near the Rock River.[3]
W. C. Holbrook investigated the mounds in 1877 and published a lengthy written account in History of Whiteside County, Illinois, published 1877.[3] One year later, another written account of a mound investigation appeared in The Sterling Daily Gazette.[3] After the 1870s, the burial mounds were looted and most of the archaeologically significant material removed.[3]
Sinnissippi Site:
The Sinnissippi Mounds are part of the Sterling Park District's largest park, Sinnissippi Park. The park was acquired in parcels beginning in 1934.[4] The area of the park where the mounds are found, located on a bluff overlooking the Rock River, was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1979, as the Sinnissippi Site. It is listed as one of the National Register's "address restricted" sites, despite its public nature.[1]. From Wikipedia.
References:
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Walters, Andrew. "Historian's work unravels mystery of local mounds", saukvalley.com, February 12, 2007, accessed April 15, 2008.
3. Benson, Gunner. The Sinnissippi Mounds in Sterling, Illinois Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, June, 1972, accessed April 15, 2008.
4. Sinnissippi Park Archived 2008-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, Sterling Park District, official site, accessed April 15, 2008.
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Shaw Local News
Directions: From Sterling, IL downtown via IL-2 N, 2.1 mi.
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