<< Our Photo Pages >> Lake George Mounds - Artificial Mound in United States in The South
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Multi-periodSite Name: Lake George Mounds Alternative Name: Holly Bluff MoundsCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Holly Bluff
Latitude: 32.814230N Longitude: 90.68406W
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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stonetracker visited on 1st Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 All mounds are on private property, but Mounds A and B are clearly visible no more than a few 100 ft away from the car pull-off area on Satartia Rd. Mound A is right next to the road and can be viewed at close range via a short walk.
The Lake George Site (also called Holly Bluff) originally had as many as 28 mounds and is one of Mississippi's largest continuously occupied Native American sites. The history of earthmoving at the site is impressive. Though people began living at Lake George during the Poverty Point Period (ca. 1500-1000 BC), the first earthen mounds were built during the Coles Creek Period (AD 850-1000) or perhaps a little earlier.
Professional archaeologists excavated portions of many of the mounds in the 1940s and 1950s. They found that Mound C was one of the first to be built and that it was used as a burial mound. One or two additional mounds were also built during this time.
A major campaign of mound building took place during the Early Mississippi Period (ca. AD 1200-1350). Mound A, the largest at the site at 55 feet tall, was built during this time. Originally a rectangular platform, its shape has been altered by dynamiting and subsequent erosion. Regardless, it is still an impressive monument, visible on the south side of Satartia Road. When Mound A was built, it became the central feature of the site and all other site features were organized around it. These features include two large plazas adjacent to Mound A on the east and west as well as several earthen mounds that define the perimeter of each plaza. It is likely that Mound A served as a platform for the house of Lake George's paramount leader or chief as this was a common function of Mississippian platform mounds.
Sometime after AD 1350, people living at the site constructed an earthen wall and wooden palisade surrounded by a wide moat. These features surround the site on three sides, while the fourth side is open to Lake George. Archaeologists believe that the moat and palisade were intended as defensive fortifications during a time of political instability in the surrounding region. Around this time many of the mounds at Lake George were abandoned and activities seem to have been focused primarily on the eastern plaza. The site was abandoned around AD 1500.
In addition to dating many of the site's earthworks, archaeological excavations found evidence of buildings atop many of the mounds. They also found burials as well as ceramic, stone, shell, and animal bone artifacts. Today Mounds A and B (with a house on its summit) are the most visible. Several of the smaller mounds are recognizable as small rises, while many others have been plowed away.
Location coordinates are at Mound A, the largest mound on the site and next to the main road.
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