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Wickliffe Mounds
Date Added: 6th May 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Wickliffe Mounds submitted by Flickr on 2nd Sep 2015. Wickliffe Mounds Image copyright: Fort Massac DAR (Fort Massac DAR), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Large and steady rainfall this spring has flooded two of the three excavation areas normally open to the public. The largest excavation (over what was a long loaf shaped burial mound covering a village surface) is still open, as it the small visitor center.
The site admission fee has been reduced during this period. The friendly staff are still ready to answer your questions.
During the last week of April the only route into the village of Wickliffe is Kentucky State Road 60. The other major routes were either flooded or blocked by a mudslide.
Aztalan State Park
Date Added: 31st Mar 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Aztalan State Park submitted by bat400 on 31st Mar 2013. The largest mound at Aztalan is a "stepped" pyramidal structure in the southwest corner of the stockade surround.
This is a partial reconstruction of the site as found in the early 1800's. By the 1920's there had been substantial plowing of the site and significant damage by "pot hunters" and those simply "quarrying" the mounds for fill dirt and the remains of burnt wattle and daub from the original stockade.
Photo by bat400, July 2010.
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Log Text: A Cahokia in miniature. Site interpretation is quite good considering that the park is not monitored for much of its opening times (basically dawn to dusk, daily.) At the parking area, a brief guide to the site is available at an honesty box. Placards around the site describe the ruins and reconstructions visible, as well as archaeological findings.
When I visited (late in the day on a Sunday) the small museum was unmanned.
Neues Museum Berlin
Date Added: 12th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2010
Neues Museum Berlin submitted by bat400 on 9th Jun 2010. Neues Museum, Berlin. May 2010. Photo by bat400.
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Newgrange
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Knowth
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Knowth submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Knowth (Newgrange) Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Koerbelitz Steingrab
Date Added: 27th Nov 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Koerbelitz Steingrab submitted by KaiHofmann on 30th Jul 2013. The Koerbelitz Dolmen.
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Log Text: On a whim, we turned off the highway when we saw a sign, and then we kept following signs until we arrived. An interesting combination of the tomb and the wind turbines beyond it, I was impressed by the local sense of ownership. In addition to access and a place to park there was a low table for picnics complete with a flower arrangement.
Pueblo Grande
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pueblo Grande submitted by bat400 on 9th Mar 2010. The platform mound from the northwest. The remaining walls of ground level structures in the foreground.
Photo: Jan 2010, bat400.
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Log Text: Salt River Hohokam by Public Transit and Foot.
This day trip will take you to a 1,500 year old ruin of a Hohokam village, Pueblo Grande, a butte where the Hohokam left petrogyphs, and the ruin of a Hohokam farmstead - a "suburb" of Pueblo Grande. All the sites are accessible by public transportation and walks on either city streets or maintained trails. The trip could take as little as two and a half hours or as much as five hours, but four hours touring time is a reasonable estimate if you want to fully enjoy the museum and each site.
Start at Pueblo Grande site and museum at the SE corner of Washington and 44th Street, Phoenix. On the SW corner is a [url=www.valleymetro.org/]Valley Metro[/url] light rail station, accessible by bus in the Valley Metro system. A free shuttle bus from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport also runs to this station regularly from early morning to late evening. I made this trip as part of a planned, 6 hour layover at the airport.
Pueblo Grande is one of the main accessible Hohokam village or town sites. The prehistoric Hohokam (1AD - 1450AD) lived in central and southern Arizona. They farmed corn, beans, squash, and cotton and are best known for their water management skills. Prior to modern reservoir systems, the Salt River flowed year round and the Hohokam built and maintained irrigation systems. Along these abandoned canals the remains of their villages and extended homesteads were found by historic Europeans. Many of the canals were so well laid out that the new pioneers often followed and simply renewed prehistoric canals to supply their own fields. The Hohokam built their villages in adobe, regularly centered around platform mounds and ballcourts. Drought, floods, and possible internal conflict caused the Hohokam to abandon the Salt River Valley in the 1400's. The historic Akimel O'odham (Pima) people are the most likely descendants of the Hohokam.
The museum on site explains the irrigation systems and describes how Pueblo Grande extended over a much larger area than is preserved today.
A visit to the Pueblo Grande site can take 1-2 hours depending on your level of interest.
Now go to "Pueblo Grande - Ball Court". [URL=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15417]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15417[/URL].
Pueblo Grande - Ball Court
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Pueblo Grande - Ball Court submitted by bat400 on 9th Mar 2010. The south half of the ball court. Photo: Jan 2010, bat400.
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Log Text: The ball court is on the grounds of Pueblo Grande.
Next go to "Pueblo Grande - Park of Four Waters".
[URL=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16941]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16941[/URL].
Loma del Rio Ruins
Trip No.1 Entry No.5 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Loma del Rio Ruins submitted by bat400 on 11th Mar 2010. The ruin from the southeast. On the crest of the hill you're seeing the narrow edge of the building, two rooms across. To the right, and just below, you can make out a single room, separated from the larger, six room building on the hilltop.Photo: Jan 2010, bat400.
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Log Text: Back at the south base of the butte, make your way NW towards Mills Ave, and then walk toward the river in the north bound lane. You'll cross a scenic bridge over Tempe Town Lake. (The year round water level is maintained by the use of inflatable barriers.)
On the north side of the river, watch for a stairway on the right that takes you down on to North Loop road. Keep heading north. As you come out from under the 202 freeway and head up hill, you'll see a large open area and a trail head on the right side of the road, with a barrier to prevent cars from parking there. You are now on the SW corner of Papago Park. The walk from the butte to this point should take less than a half hour.
Take the trail east and watch for a footbridge on your left (north). Cross on this footbridge at the Indian Bend Canal, a modernized remnant of an ancient Hohokam canal. You are now on the trail to the Loma del Rio Ruin which lies at the top of the hill directly to your right. Follow the trail in a clockwise curve up and around the hill to the ruin. There is a shaded area right next to the stabilized seven room ruin.
This was an outlying Hohokam farmstead. It lies close on the elevated freeway and overhead electrical pylons. It takes a good imagination to block these modern developments out and focus on the remains of a prehistoric farm. After visiting, return to the North Loop Road the way you came. The walk up to the ruin and back to the road is about 30 minutes.
Now you can return to a light rail station to complete your journey. If you're heading back west, toward Phoenix, continue north on North Loop Road, to Curry Road. (Nearly at Curry Road, on the left, is a park with shaded picnic areas and restrooms.)
Turn left and walk west on Curry Road, across an intersection, and straight on (Curry Road becomes Washington Street at this point.) Or, if you stopped in the park, you can make your way to the same intersection by walking west through the park.
Walk west on Washington Street until you see a rail station in the median strip. The walk from the trail head on North Loop Road to the station will take about 10 minutes.
There are many other public Hohokam sites in the Valley, but most of them require a bike or car.
Arizona Museum of Natural History
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
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Park of the Canals
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
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Pueblo Grande - Park of Four Waters
Trip No.1 Entry No.3 Date Added: 8th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
Log Text: In addition to the main grounds of the site, there are regularly scheduled tours of the remains of some of the canals at the Park of Four Waters adjacent to Pueblo Grande.
Next go to "Hayden Butte". [URL=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17352]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17352[/URL].
Owl Creek
Date Added: 23rd May 2019
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Owl Creek submitted by Creative Commons on 6th Jan 2019. Owl Creek Mounds The five Mississippian period platform mounds at this site were built between 1100 and 1200 A.D. The U.S. Forest Service owns two of the mounds including the largest 17-foot-high Mound I. Both are open to public visitation. Archeological excavations conducted at the site in 1991-1992 by Mississippi State University revealed the foundation remains of a ceremonial temple or elite residence that once stood atop Mound
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/owl.htm ...
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The Field Museum
Date Added: 12th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 8th Dec 2009
The Field Museum submitted by bat400 on 8th Dec 2009. Chicago's Field Museum "The Ancient Americas" permanent exhibit. The entrance into the extensive galleries.
Photo by bat400, March 2009.
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Ohio Historical Center
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Ohio Historical Center submitted by Flickr on 29th Dec 2018. Mastodon Skeleton I took my daughter to the Ohio Historical Center - the first time I'd been there (to see the exhibits) in many, many years. Great building with a lot of interesting stuff inside.
This is the mastodon skeleton near the main entrance. Image copyright: tim.perdue (Tim Perdue), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Shrum Mound
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Shrum Mound submitted by baz on 30th Aug 2019. Shrum Mound
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Indian Mound Park
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
Indian Mound Park submitted by bat400 on 6th Sep 2010. A general view of the two mounds in Indian Mound Park, Columbus OH. Looking north.Photo by bat400, Oct 2008.
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Jeffers Mound
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Jeffers Mound submitted by Flickr on 29th Dec 2018. Earthworks built by the Hopewell people between 100 BC and AD 400. Image copyright: Molly Montale (Molly Montale), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Strickland Mound Complex
Date Added: 17th Feb 2012
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Log Text: Ask a park ranger for directions to these mounds. They are on a footpath and marked once to arrive, however the path entrance from a picnic and boat launch area is not identified for the Strickland Mounds. They may not be accessible year round as the area is closed off during bird nesting times. Wear insect repellant at any time of the year to visit this location.
Nocoroco
Date Added: 17th Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2009. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Nocoroco submitted by Flickr on 19th Dec 2018. Spanish Heritage Trail, Ormond Beach (Photos by Julie Fletcher) Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens is an urban oasis. The gardens are a lush, tropic rainforest nestled into the heart of the Ormond beachside adjoining the museum. Inside the work of prominent Florida, regional and national artist, are featured.
Tomoka State Park in Ormond Beach, Florida, contains the Nocoroco Site, a Timucuan Indian village reported by Spanish explorers in the early 1600's as the first south of St. Augusti...
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Log Text: The village site is on a spit of land extending into a bay area. You can drive right into the area as a picnic area with shelterhouses is located there. The only visible evidence of the original village are midden mounds all around the perimiter - they are not particularly noticable although some of them are quite large.
The most notable feature is a strange, deteriorating Art Deco sculpture of a sort of pyramid of Indian men. This was once a fountain and pool depicting an "Indian Legand" which may have been entirely fabricated in the 20th century.