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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Emerald Mound, Mississippi Alternative Name: Seizertown SiteCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Natchez, MS Nearest Village: Church Hill, MS
Latitude: 31.636030N Longitude: 91.24714W
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 |
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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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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 |
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bat400 visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The mound is immense and can only be appreciated by a climb to the top.
By that time the Natchez had abandoned the town around Emerald Mound, Jenzanaqtac, possibly because of social upheaval that followed diseases introduced to the south eastern section of what is now the United States by the de Soto expedition in the 1500's. This settlement appears to have been one of the last active expressions of the large platform mound building culture along the Mississippi River which was seen at this height in the Cahokia Mississippian society.
Emerald Mound has two smaller platforms on its upper terraces, and evidence exists for buildings to have been placed on these platforms. There were once six other major mounds in the immediate area, but these were destroyed over the years by plowing.
Emerald Mound lies to the north east of the modern city of Natchez. It is located off the Natchez Trace Parkway, the 450 mile scenic road that follows the path of the footpath that originated with the first inhabitants of North America and was later used by European settlers and traders. The National Park service maintains the property, which is a National Historic Landmark.
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