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Multi-periodSite Name: Alligator Mounds (Clarksdale) Alternative Name: 16-N-2Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Alligator MS
Latitude: 34.090380N Longitude: 90.73718W
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 Apr 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Although there is no official parking pulloff, the road has enough shoulder to pull partially off it opposite Mound B. Mound B and C are clearly visible in a field behind a wire fence. Mound A is mostly blocked from view. Mounds D and E are in the middle of cultivated land and I was unable to definitely ID them.
The Alligator site consists of five rectangular platform mounds (A through E) of varying size arranged around a central plaza. The site is positioned on the southern edge of Alligator Bayou. Cultural features have been discovered from both the Baytown (Late Woodland) and Mississippian periods, but the actual construction dates of the mounds are not known.
A modern home and various outbuildings are located among the mounds. Archaeologists Phillips, Ford, and Griffin (1951) reported five mounds at the site, three of which were much diminished from agricultural activity. Today only 2-3 of the mounds (A, B, and C) are well preserved. Mound A measures approximately 52m in diameter and 2.5m in height. Mound B measures approximately 35m in diameter and 3m in height. The remaining mounds rise about one meter above the surrounding landscape.
Location coordinates are given for Mound B, which is the mound closest to the road.
Source of description, maps, and survey history (in the Comments section of this article):
- Travis Cureton, Stephen Harris, Erica Carpenter, and Jay K. Johnson
2014: Mississippi Mound Trail, Northern Region: Phase I Investigations. Report submitted to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson. Center for Archaeological Research, University of Mississippi, Oxford.
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