monsterrack
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Your Mound Site's Let's Hear About Them
I was given a hint by someone(I wont call his name TN mnts oops! he he) That maybe a thread on mounds would be a good one for this time of the year when the hunting is slow. So here goes on 3 major site around my home, all together we have over 75 mound's in my area. First is the Anna site it is located on the bluff of the Ms. river about 5 mi. from my home. The site consists of 8 mounds. the largest mound is 50 ft tall and a ramp runs down to a plaza that the other mounds sit on. Deep ravines surround the site and material, including Ms. pottery ,is scattered in the area. The site began in 1200 to 1500 and is on private land that I have access to, but can not get on the mounds to hunt but I can walk on themView attachment 909537View attachment 909538View attachment 909539 The next site is Emerald mound I posted about it on another thread, but here goes a little history. It was started 1500 to 1680, it is the second-largest pre-Columbian mound in the U.S., after Monks mound in Cahokia Il. The mound is 770ft by435ft at the base and is 35ft tall. Two smaller mounds sit on top, the larger of the two is 190ft by 160ft at the base and is 30ft tall. The summit of this mound is 65ft above ground level. It was abandoned due to diseases introduced by the De Soto exp. in1540.View attachment 909540View attachment 909541View attachment 909542View attachment 909543The next site is my favorite , there are three platform mounds on the site, age 1500 to 1729 . this marked the political and religious capital of the Natchez Indians . The paramount chief of the Natchez was called the Great Sun His feet never touched the ground. On one temple mound they burned a sacred perpetual fire day and night. Elaborate funeral ceremonies for the Natchez elite was conducted on the mound plaza, which include the sacrifice of relatives and servant's of the deceased. Local pottery and tons of trade goods, obtained from the French where buried with them, none of this burials have ever been found, being the burial of the Great Sun and his brother Tattooed Serpent. Increasing land grabbing by the French led to the rapid fall out between the two factions . The Natchez attacked Fort Rosalie killing most of the garrison, while the Great Sun sat in the middle of the fort while his braves stacked up heads in front of him. later the French with the help of the Choctaw Indians wiped out the most part of the tribe, fewer than 300 escaped to join other tribes like the creek and Cherokee.View attachment 909579View attachment 909580
I was given a hint by someone(I wont call his name TN mnts oops! he he) That maybe a thread on mounds would be a good one for this time of the year when the hunting is slow. So here goes on 3 major site around my home, all together we have over 75 mound's in my area. First is the Anna site it is located on the bluff of the Ms. river about 5 mi. from my home. The site consists of 8 mounds. the largest mound is 50 ft tall and a ramp runs down to a plaza that the other mounds sit on. Deep ravines surround the site and material, including Ms. pottery ,is scattered in the area. The site began in 1200 to 1500 and is on private land that I have access to, but can not get on the mounds to hunt but I can walk on themView attachment 909537View attachment 909538View attachment 909539 The next site is Emerald mound I posted about it on another thread, but here goes a little history. It was started 1500 to 1680, it is the second-largest pre-Columbian mound in the U.S., after Monks mound in Cahokia Il. The mound is 770ft by435ft at the base and is 35ft tall. Two smaller mounds sit on top, the larger of the two is 190ft by 160ft at the base and is 30ft tall. The summit of this mound is 65ft above ground level. It was abandoned due to diseases introduced by the De Soto exp. in1540.View attachment 909540View attachment 909541View attachment 909542View attachment 909543The next site is my favorite , there are three platform mounds on the site, age 1500 to 1729 . this marked the political and religious capital of the Natchez Indians . The paramount chief of the Natchez was called the Great Sun His feet never touched the ground. On one temple mound they burned a sacred perpetual fire day and night. Elaborate funeral ceremonies for the Natchez elite was conducted on the mound plaza, which include the sacrifice of relatives and servant's of the deceased. Local pottery and tons of trade goods, obtained from the French where buried with them, none of this burials have ever been found, being the burial of the Great Sun and his brother Tattooed Serpent. Increasing land grabbing by the French led to the rapid fall out between the two factions . The Natchez attacked Fort Rosalie killing most of the garrison, while the Great Sun sat in the middle of the fort while his braves stacked up heads in front of him. later the French with the help of the Choctaw Indians wiped out the most part of the tribe, fewer than 300 escaped to join other tribes like the creek and Cherokee.View attachment 909579View attachment 909580
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and man I would love to find some of those pipes.
