Fort Walton Mound (850 AD)
From the Mississippian Period, this mound is the largest on salt water and possibly the largest prehistoric earthwork on the Gulf
Read moreFrom the Mississippian Period, this mound is the largest on salt water and possibly the largest prehistoric earthwork on the Gulf
Read moreThe Mississippian Period that started with the building of Lake Jackson Mounds continued with the Shields and Mount Royal Mounds. During
Read moreDating back to 1200 AD (The Mississippian Period), this mound is the tallest in Florida and the third tallest in
Read moreOne of the most impressive accomplishments from the Mississippian time period was the construction of Mound Key, a manmade island
Read moreBig Mound City is an exceptionally sophisticated geometric earthwork located about 6 miles east of Lake Okeechobe. The complex possibly
Read moreDating back to 1450 AD, the 10-acre site that encompasses Madira Bickel Mound was named after Mrs. Madira Bickel of Sarasota, who
Read moreThe state of Florida has seen monumental construction projects for over 4,000 years. Beginning with the shell rings of Sapelo
Read moreDuring a remote-sensing survey of the Fort Ancient Earthworks in 2005,
Jarrod Burks of Ohio Valley Archaeological Consultants discovered a
circular pattern in the soil that stretched nearly 200 feet in diameter.
Fort Ancient is a massive earthwork in Warren County that was built morethan 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell culture.
Traditional anthropologists have argued, based on no evidence other than their own beliefs, that the giant Native American metropolis of
Read moreOn one of many pinnacles along the bluffs lining the Missouri River
southwest of Columbia, atop the steep face of jagged rock plunging to
the landing, there is an inconspicuous 10-foot lump of earth. What
appears to be a natural point in the landscape ˜ insignificant in the
swath of hills and valleys ˜ is a burial mound, formed by human hands
thousands of years ago.
The Octagon Earthworks in Newark is one remnant of the Newark
Earthworks, recently listed by The Dispatch as one of the Seven Wonders
of Ohio. Earlham College professors Ray Hively and Robert Horn demonstrated in 1982 that the walls of this 2,000-yearold circle and octagon were aligned to the points on the horizon, marking the limits of the rising and setting of the moon during an 18.6-year cycle.
Located in the State Capitol in Atlanta, houses exhibits and artifacts from all archaeological periods. Newly designed pre-historic exhibit on
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