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<< Other Photo Pages >> Christmas Mound - Artificial Mound in United States in The South

Submitted by stonetracker on Friday, 03 February 2023  Page Views: 304

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Christmas Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 12.077 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Christmas MS
Latitude: 33.769570N  Longitude: 90.97887W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
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Christmas Mound
Christmas Mound submitted by AKFisher : Christmas Mound in Mississippi. It started as a midden mound in AD 400 and was enlarged to 10-feet in height in a small window of time. There are many similar mounds all over the southeast, most of which are unmarked. 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

Christmas Mound is a single conical mound that stands roughly ten feet in height. Professional archaeologists placed a test excavation in the southern flank of the mound in 2013. They found that it was built by Native Americans in a single stage on top of an earlier midden deposit. The pre-mound surface has been radiocarbon dated to ca. AD 400, but the age of the mound itself is unknown. Pottery recovered from the excavation includes varieties that are typically associated with both the Late Woodland (ca. AD 400-1000) and Mississippi (ca. AD 1200-1600) Periods. It is possible, therefore, that the mound was built sometime around this transition, perhaps around AD 1000. More work will be needed to confirm its age as well as its function. Although the field surrounding the mound has been surveyed for archaeological material, no artifacts have ever been found. A historic cemetery is currently located on the summit of Christmas Mound.

Location of coordinates is at the top of the existing mound.

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Christmas Mound
Christmas Mound submitted by AKFisher : Christmas Mound historical marker on site. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

Christmas Mound
Christmas Mound submitted by AKFisher : Christmas Mound, Mississippi. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).  (Vote or comment on this photo)

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