Prehistoric Mound Marker

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Title

Prehistoric Mound Marker

Subject

Historic Markers; Florence, AL; Lauderdale County, AL

Description

This historic marker is located across the road from the Indian Mound Museum, on South Court Street, Florence, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "This is the highest domiciliary mound in the Tennessee Valley. It was probably built between 100 B.C. and 400 A.D. by a prehistoric people of the ancient Woodland Culture. Such mounds served as bases for ceremonial temples or chief's houses. This mound, originally encircled by an earthen wall, contains no burials. It is 43 feet in height. Its base measurements are 310 feet by 230 feet. Its flat top measures 145 feet by 90 feet. Evidence indicates that nearby there were two smaller mounds, villages and cultivated fields."

Creator

Dylan Tucker, University of North Alabama

Source

“Prehistoric Mound Marker”. Accessed 11/04/2015. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

11/5/2015

Type

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