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	OHS - Places - Serpent Mound
		Atop a plateau overlooking the Brush Creek Valley, Serpent Mound is the largest and finest serpent effigy in the United States.
		The head of the serpent is aligned to the summer solstice sunset and the coils also may point to the winter solstice sunrise and the equinox sunrise.
		Serpent Mound is on State Route 73, six miles north of State Route 32 and 20 miles south of Bainbridge in Adams County.
	ohsweb.ohiohistory.org /places/sw16/index.shtml (371 words)

	Indian Mounds in Mississippi
		However, mound construction was in a period of decline in the 1500s, when the first Europeans arrived in the region and brought with them epidemic diseases which decimated native populations across the Southeast.
		Indian mounds are critically endangered cultural sites, and now is the time to see them while you can.
		Boyd Mounds Site: Dating much later than most mounds in the State, these six small burial mounds were built and used between about 800 to 1100 A.D. Mound 2 is adjacent to the parking area, and it was excavated by NPS in 1964, which revealed that it is three mounds in one.
	www.rvfreewheelin.com /mounds_in_mississippi.htm (1748 words)

	Native Americans - Mound Builders
		The Cahokia Mound in Illinois is the largest; it is about 1,000 ft (300 m) from north to south, 700 ft (210 m) from east to west, and 100 ft (30 m) high.
		Mounds also vary in age; some date back as far as the early part of the 6th cent., while others (particularly in the southeastern area) were built in historic times.
		Nacoochee Indian Mound was the center of the ancient Cherokee town of Gauxule, visited by DeSoto in 1540 in his search for gold, according to the legend.
	www.nativeamericans.com /MoundBuilders.htm (500 words)

	Indian Mound
		Indian Mound was a small, rope tow area that operated in the town of Newton, most likely during the 1970's.
		I have information on the Indian Mound Ski Area, in NH: In examining a 1972 USGS quadrangle topographic map (Haverhill, MA/NH; 1:25,000 scale), the former Indian Mound Ski Area is clearly indicated.
		Indian Mound had a slope on the Thornell Road side of the hill and some trails on the back side.
	www.nelsap.org /nh/indianmound.html (1393 words)

	Indian Shell Mound Park
		The tree at left is estimated by botanists to be approximately 800 years old, and was a mature oak when the Spaniards first visited the shores of Dauphin Island in 1519.
		The Shell Mounds and Dauphin Island in general are renowned "hot-spots" for observing neotropical migrant birds, and attract birders from around the U.S. each spring and fall.
		Indian Shell Mound Park, located on the northern shore of Dauphin Island, is maintained and administered by Alabama Marine Resources Division.
	www.outdooralabama.com /watchable-wildlife/where/mound-park.cfm (257 words)

	Indian Mounds of Loudoun County, Virginia
		I assumed the mound was of Tuscarora origin, as there were several similar mounds in Loudoun and Fauquier counties along the Tuscarora migration route north, which followed present day Route 15.
		So the battle location did not jibe with the location of the Indian mound, which the article said was at the battle site and was in the southern part of the 640-acre grant.
		The article also said there was more than one mound, and there is another mound on the east side of Route 15 that is similar to the tree-topped hillock many of us are familiar with on the west side of the road.
	www.loudounhistory.org /history/indian-mounds-loudoun.htm (1412 words)

	Wisconsin Stories: Indian Mounds
		An effigy mound group, which once included a bird, an animal (probably a bear), a large concentration of water spirits or panthers, and small conical mounds, is on the edge of the escarpment, overlooking the lake.
		Indian Mounds Park, on the Lemonweir River on the south side of New Lisbon, preserves a mound group that consists of three conical mounds, two linear mounds, a compound or chain mound, and a water spirit or panther effigy.
		Effigy mounds at the northern end of the lake are from the opposing lower world and include a bear, an unidentified animal, and a water spirit or panther.
	www.wisconsinstories.org /2001season/native/nj_journey.html (4232 words)

	Introduction -- National Register of Historic Places Indian Mounds of Mississippi Travel Itinerary
		Mounds built of earth are the most prominent remains left on the landscape by these native peoples.
		Of the mounds that remain today, some of the earliest were built to bury important members of local tribal groups, such as the Boyd, Bynum, and Pharr mound sites.
		These mounds are protected because they are owned by state or federal agencies committed by law to their preservation.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/mounds/intro.htm (908 words)

	Jekyll Island Golf Club, Ga., Indian Mounds, Georgia Coastal Area
		Lee named it Indian Mounds after the large oyster shell middens deposited by aboriginal tribes hundreds of years prior to settlement by Europeans.
		Indian Mound, like Jekyll's other courses, is free of residential or commercial development, and as such provides the golfer with a delightful confluence of wild flora and fauna.
		Indian Mound and Jekyll Island Golf Club is the official host for the annual US Kids Golf Jekyll Island Cup.
	www.golfholes.com /ga/jekyll-island-indian-mound.htm (267 words)

	Indian Shell Mound Park
		The tree at left is estimated by botanists to be approximately 800 years old, and was a mature oak when the Spaniards first visited the shores of Dauphin Island in 1519.
		The Shell Mounds and Dauphin Island in general are renowned "hot-spots" for observing neotropical migrant birds, and attract birders from around the U.S. each spring and fall.
		Indian Shell Mound Park, located on the northern shore of Dauphin Island, is maintained and administered by Alabama Marine Resources Division.
	dcnr.state.al.us /watchable-wildlife/where/mound-park.cfm (257 words)

	Carolina Motorcycle Events - Town Creek Indian Mound
		Indians of the Pee Dee culture established a political and ceremonial center on a low bluff overlooking the confluence of Town Creek and the Little River.
		Excavations revealed that the mound at Town Creek was constructed over an early rectangular structure described as an "earth lodge." The walls of the structure were joined by individual posts set in holes.
		The mound, plaza, mortuary, and habitation areas were enclosed by a stockade made of closely set posts plastered with a mixture of clay and straw called daub.
	www.carolinamcevents.com /rides/oct/imound.html (1106 words)

	Geneva Indian Shell Mound
		Clams and Mussels were eaten as well and the shells discarded by the former residents of Geneva created this large "Hill" or "Mound"
		Timucuan Indians lived on the banks of the St. Johns near Geneva.
		Pottery shards identified by the Central Florida Anthropological Society were found at King Philips Town/Cooks Ferry dating from 1450-1250 B.C. to A.D. Pottery Shards can still be found in abundance today along the banks of The St John's River.
	www.allgeneva.com /Thingstodo/Shellmound/shellmound.html (145 words)

	Livonia Indian Mound - Livonia, Louisiana
		The largest of the ten remaining Indian mounds in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana is the Livonia Mound.
		At almost 31 feet tall, the conical mound is located in downtown Livonia near the east bank of Bayou Grosse Tete.
		If you are planning to visit the Livonia Indian Mound please keep in mind that the mound is on private property and there is no parking available near the mound.
	www.angelfire.com /la3/livoniamound (131 words)

	The Nikwasi Indian Mound
		The Nikwasi Indian Mound is the last remnant of a Cherokee town of the same name which once stood here on the banks of the Little Tennessee River.
		While the mound was probably built during the earlier Mississippian Culture, it was the spiritual center of the area.
		One must stand at the base to appreciate the size and grace of Nikwasi, and try to envision a time from the past when the mound was surrounded not by busy 21st century traffic and businesses, but by fields, orchards, and a people who lived in complete harmony with the land and the river.
	www.maconnchistorical.org /nikwasi (317 words)

	Town Creek Indian Mound (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1937 Frutchey donated the mound and about an acre of ground to the state with the understanding that it would be scientifically excavated and established as a state park.
		Since Indians left no written records, archaeology was a vital key to Town Creek Indian Mound.
		Town Creek Indian Mound, one of the best reconstructions of pre-white civilization in the country, is the oldest state-run historic site in North Carolina.
	www.sandhills.org /history/mound.htm (606 words)

	The Los Encinos Indian Burial Mound
		The most visible sign of Native American occupation of the Los Encinos site was a huge burial mound, which is clearly visible in these photographs from the early 20th Century up until the 1930s.
		However, in 1945, the mound got in the way of the transformation of Encino from pasture land to suburbia and it was bull dozed.
		WPA Photograph of the mound with a tree on it.
	www.historicparks.org /imagegallery/indianmound/index.htm (86 words)

	Town Creek Indian Mound - Introduction
		That new culture, called "Pee Dee" by archaeologists, was part of a widespread tradition known as "South Appalachian Mississippian." Throughout Georgia, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and the southern North Carolina Piedmont, the new culture gave rise to complex societies.
		These inhabitants built earthen mounds for their spiritual and political leaders, engaged in widespread trade, supported craft specialists, and celebrated a new kind of religion.
		Excavations revealed that the mound at Town Creek was constructed over an early rectangular structure known as an "earth lodge." The walls of the structure were formed by individual posts set in holes.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hs/town/Main.htm (711 words)

	Indian Drug Rehab Indian, Tennessee, TN, Drug Rehabilitation Treatment Centers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Indian, Tennessee and across the United States, a variety of techniques and methods are being used.
		Indian, Tennessee is home to several residential treatment facilities.
		Indian, Tennessee long term treatment programs work to re-socialize the drug or alcohol addicted individual back into an everyday drug-free life.
	www.drugrehabtennessee.com /city.htm?city=Indian (4752 words)

	Indian Mound Museum
		red to be the largest domiciliary mound in the Tennessee Valley Region.
		The rectangular, flat-topped mound measures 42 feet high and 310-by-230 feet, and the summit measures approximately 145 by 94 feet.
		This mound, “Wawmanona,” was built as early as 500 A.D., predating Columbus by
	www.flo-tour.org /indianmound.html (134 words)

	Michigan's mysterious Indian mounds
		Even the native Indians claimed not to know who the mound builders were.
		After they had deposited the body in the mound at Springwells (Street) the friends of the dead man went into the river and waded about in a zig-zag course for some time until the spirit had departed on its long journey.
		In Indian mounds, in forts or enclosures, in the old pits and on ancient camping sites we find many a relic for which the archaeologist had no classificaiton, and the use of which he is ignorant.
	info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=167&category=life (1484 words)

	State: Indian mound restored 23 years after vandalism
		According to legend, Gaspar buried much of his ill-gotten gains in Indian mounds in Charlotte Harbor.
		If a lot of a particular kind of pottery is found in a layer of a mound, that mound probably dates to the period when the pottery was common.
		While they were digging up the mound, looters piled shell around the pit; over the years, the piles packed together and became almost rock-hard.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/04/24/State/Indian_mound_restored.shtml (738 words)

	OHS Places/Seip Mound (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Seip Mound is the central mound in a group of geometric earthworks.
		Farming and erosion have degraded the surrounding earthworks leaving the central mound an outstanding feature.
		Seip Mound is 14 miles southwest of Chillicothe and two miles east of Bainbridge, on U.S. Route 50 in Ross County.
	www.ohiohistory.org /places/seip (131 words)

	Sarasota County Government: Topics - Indian Mound Park (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1971, the name of the park was changed to Indian Mound Park following numerous letters of endorsement from clubs and organizations in the Englewood area.
		Nature trails that meander through the mound were constructed by the Lemon Bay Garden Club.
		Indian Mound Park also provides an opportunity to visit and walk through a significant Indian Mound site.
	www.co.sarasota.fl.us /Content/Content.aspx?C7A6C692B2=AB9C99&D4C7CF=C7A6C691ADA2ABAC95957999A3A5A492997899A893A494A17A99AEA3A583B795 (116 words)

	Indian Mound Temple of Fort Walton Beach Florida (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Indian Temple Mound Museum and Park is a monument to native americans.
		The Indian Mound Temple originally served as a religous and civic center that has been preserved to this day.
		If you live in or are visiting the Fort Walton Beach area check out Indian Mound Temple Museum and learn about the indians that used to live in this area at 139 Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach call (904)-243-6521
	www.sunnyfl.com /attractions/ind.htm (120 words)

	"the People's Paths home page!" North American Indian Historical Sites
		Indian Mound and Museum ~ Florence, Alabama "This is one of the largest domiciliary Indian mounds in the Tennessee Valley.
		Within the monument's borders are 191 known prehistoric mounds, 29 in the form of bear and bird effigies and the remainder conical or linear shaped.
		The Alligator Mound Vanishing Heritage, Planning for the Future of Ohio's Past "The Alligator Mound is located on a prominent point at the southern extension of a long glaciated ridge in Licking County.
	www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net /special/mounds.htm (4735 words)

	Indian Mound in Moundsville West Virginia \| Adena People
		The name 'Moundsville' represents the many Indian mounds that once occupied this area of the Ohio Valley.
		This Indian burial mound was constructed around 200 B.C. The mound stands 69-feet tall and has a base diameter of 295-feet.
		The original mound was also encircled by a moat 5-feet deep, and 40-feet wide.
	www.donnan.com /indian_mound.htm (200 words)

	Indian Burial Mound on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1883, the Smithsonian Institution excavated the South Charleston WV or Criel Mound.
		Thirteen skeletons were discovered, most of them in a log tomb at the base of the mound, along with a few grave offerings.
		It is the second largest in the state of West Virginia and the last of many mounds and earthworks that since were found in the Charleston area.
	www.flickr.com /photos/81935338@N00/276844421 (204 words)

	City of Florence - Cultural Activities
		Located near the banks of the Tennessee River, the Florence Indian Mound is the Tennessee Valley's largest domiciliary mound.
		It is a 42 foot high quadrilateral mound with a summit measuring 145 x 94 feet.
		Early settlers in the region found steps on the east side and evidence that the mound had been enclosed by a semi-circular earthen wall.
	www.florenceal.org /Community_Arts/Art_Museums/Art_Galleries_Museums/Indian_Mound/index.html (149 words)

	Indian Mound Tennessee Real Estate - Homes for Sale in Indian Mound TN
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	www.realestate.com /local-real-estate/Tennessee/Indian-Mound.aspx (387 words)

	Oakville Indian Mounds
		View of the historical marker erected 1999 by the Lawrence County Historical Commission, under the auspices of President Virginia Walker and Board Chairman Ben Lee.
		Based on a seven sided Cherokee Council House, this building houses the Indian Education Program of Lawrence County as well as a large display of local Indian artifacts.
		The giant sequoia trees were named for this great man. His statue also stands in the capitol building in Washington, D.C. His great-uncle, Cherokee chief Doublehead, lived near Melton's Bluff in Lawrence County ca 1800.
	www.lawrencecounty.ala.nu /mound1.htm (224 words)

	Indian temple, south indian temple, indian religion temple (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	www.eyeanimation.net /indian-temple.html (1482 words)

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