Indian Mounds Illinois Map
This southern illinois historical site was actually a huge mound city researchers believe that at its largest it was 6 square miles with 120 mounds.
Indian mounds illinois map. Ancient chicago indian mounds. Indian mound from mapcarta the free map. This mound was excavated in 1899 by cornelius cadle chairman of the shiloh park commission. Shiloh indian mounds hardin county tennessee.
Amongst the discoveries was a large stone effigy pipe in the shape of a kneeling man. Indian mound is close to green cemetery. 1000 1450 ce middle mississippian culture adjacent to the tennessee river the site has 6 or 7 substructure platform mounds and one burial mound mound c. Get directions maps and traffic for mounds il.
Basically it was the nyc of the ancient indian world and no north american city surpassed it until the 1800s nearly 600 years later. Indian mounds park from mapcarta the free map. The population was 1 117 in the 2000 census. Mar 14 2013 map of the locations of burial mounds constructed by the mound builders of the ancient american mound builders.
The roe s hill indian village site. Spanning more than 200 acres this historical landmark along the mississippi river is an indian mound from the hopewell culture that existed more than two centuries ago. The large sepulchral indian mounds dotting our illinois landscape in homely grandeur are geographically distributed also throughout the eastern and middle portions of the mississippi valley and the gulf states. Rosehill is a.
Indian mounds park is a park in illinois and has an elevation of 561 feet. The robinson correctional institution is a minimum security state prison for men located in robinson crawford county illinois owned and. Find cahokia one of the greatest cities of the world cahokia was larger than london was in ad 1250. Notable places in the area.
Mounds is located at 37 6 53 n 89 11 57 w 37 11472 n 89 19917 w 37 11472. It is a great place for nature walks and learning about the people that lived on this land before us. 12th avenue south albany il 61230 8. Rosehill cemetery opened in 1859.
Today you can visit and see all kinds of sites including the resting place of an important ruler mound 72 pictured above a. It has since become the site s most famous artifact and is on display in the tennessee river museum in savannah. According to the united states census bureau the city has a total area of 1 2. Mounds is a city in pulaski county illinois united states.
Indian mound indian mound is a mountain in illinois and has an elevation of 528 feet. The entrance faced the north western railroad depot at rosehill drive right at hiram roe s house tavern as an encouragement to mourners and picnickers to make day long outings to the area. The intrinsic evidence of great age they. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit.
Today it s a fraction of that at 3 5 square miles and only has 80 mounds.