The Indian Mound

The Indian Mound

The Indian Mound is the largest platform mound in the Tennessee Valley. The size and the shape of the earthwork are designated as Mississippian. However, artifacts and radio carbon evidence suggest that the mound is from the Middle Woodland period, A.D. 100 – 500, and is non-mortuary in purpose. Th...

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Main Author: Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Cultural resources
Online Access:https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/248
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collection Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Collection
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publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Cultural resources
spellingShingle Cultural resources
The Indian Mound
Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama
fulltopic Cultural resources
Indian Mounds; Indigenous Cultures; Archaeology; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL
description The Indian Mound is the largest platform mound in the Tennessee Valley. The size and the shape of the earthwork are designated as Mississippian. However, artifacts and radio carbon evidence suggest that the mound is from the Middle Woodland period, A.D. 100 – 500, and is non-mortuary in purpose. The mound is located on the north side of the Tennessee River in Southern Lauderdale County. In 1914, Charles B. Moore drilled thirty-four trial holes in the mound hoping to discover what the purpose of the mound might have been. The Alabama Museum of Natural History explored the mound in 1932. The Mound, which had been part of the farm owned by Dutch Kachelman, was donated to the City of Florence in 1945 by the Dabney Family. Research undertaken in 1996 and 1997 suggests that the mound was used for tool production and use; and the preparation and consumption of food; and possible regional interaction and exchange.
spelling The Indian Mound110 W. College St. Florence, Alabama 35630Pam Kingsbury, University of North AlabamaIndian Mounds; Indigenous Cultures; Archaeology; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, ALThe Indian Mound is the largest platform mound in the Tennessee Valley. The size and the shape of the earthwork are designated as Mississippian. However, artifacts and radio carbon evidence suggest that the mound is from the Middle Woodland period, A.D. 100 – 500, and is non-mortuary in purpose. The mound is located on the north side of the Tennessee River in Southern Lauderdale County. In 1914, Charles B. Moore drilled thirty-four trial holes in the mound hoping to discover what the purpose of the mound might have been. The Alabama Museum of Natural History explored the mound in 1932. The Mound, which had been part of the farm owned by Dutch Kachelman, was donated to the City of Florence in 1945 by the Dabney Family. Research undertaken in 1996 and 1997 suggests that the mound was used for tool production and use; and the preparation and consumption of food; and possible regional interaction and exchange. Alabama Cultural Resource Survey Pam Kingsbury, University of North Alabama Still Image and TextPhotographs; text https://omeka.lib.auburn.edu/items/show/248Futato, Eugene, editor. Journal of Alabama Archaelogy. The Alabama Archaeological Soceity, Volume 46, number 2, December 2000, p. 90. Photographs courtesy of the Archives at Collier Library, University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama.
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