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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Christmas MoundCountry: 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:
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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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.
For more info, see http://trails.mdah.ms.gov/mmt/christmas/index.html#
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