Town Creek Indian Mound
E235850
Town Creek Indian Mound is a significant archaeological site in North Carolina featuring a reconstructed Mississippian-era ceremonial center with platform mounds and associated village remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Town Creek Indian Mound canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mississippian culture site
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Mississippian culture ⓘ |
| category | State historic site of North Carolina ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture |
Pee Dee people
ⓘ
surface form:
Pee Dee culture
|
| excavatedBy | Joffre Lanning Coe ⓘ |
| excavationMethod | systematic archaeological excavation ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1930s ⓘ |
| governedBy |
North Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
State of North Carolina
|
| hasActivity |
archaeological interpretation
ⓘ
educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ |
| hasEducationalFocus |
Mississippian religious and political organization
ⓘ
pre-contact Native American history in the Southeast ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
interpretive trails
ⓘ
museum exhibits ⓘ palisade ⓘ platform mound ⓘ plaza ⓘ reconstructed ceremonial center ⓘ reconstructed mortuary house ⓘ reconstructed temple ⓘ village remains ⓘ visitor center ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
earthen mound
ⓘ
stockade ⓘ wooden structures ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| locatedIn |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Gilead, North Carolina, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
|
| locatedOn | Town Creek ⓘ |
| managedBy | North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ⓘ |
| NRHPState | North Carolina ⓘ |
| NRHPType | archaeological site ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites
ⓘ
surface form:
North Carolina Historic Sites
|
| significance |
important source of information on Pee Dee culture social and religious life
ⓘ
one of the most extensively excavated Mississippian sites in the southeastern United States ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Mississippian period
ⓘ
circa 1000–1600 CE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burial practices
ⓘ
ceremonial activities ⓘ community gatherings ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.