Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG 2) is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the United States. The site, whose main features are a platform mound with a surrounding village and palisade, was built by the Pee Dee, a South Appalachian Mississippian culture people (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) that developed in the region as early as 980 CE and thrived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina during the Pre-Columbian era. The Town Creek site was occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It is the only ceremonial mound and village center of that culture located within North Carolina.
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Town Creek Indian Mound
Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG 2) is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the United States. The site, whose main features are a platform mound with a surrounding village and palisade, was built by the Pee Dee, a South Appalachian Mississippian culture people (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) that developed in the region as early as 980 CE and thrived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina during the Pre-Columbian era. The Town Creek site was occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It is the only ceremonial mound and village center of that culture located within North Carolina.
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Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG ...... ate has recognized four bands.
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Индейский курган Таун-Крик — Н ...... ружено погребение 563 человек.
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Panoramic view of the park, le ...... burial hut and more palisades.
Platform mound at Town Creek with reconstructed temple
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Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG ...... located within North Carolina.
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Индейский курган Таун-Крик — Н ...... ружено погребение 563 человек.
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