re: Jonesville- 2nd tallest Indian mound in north americ

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Not one mention of Poverty Point's big arse bird mound??

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Poverty Point is a World Heritage Site.

There are only 23 World Heritage Sites in the US, and Louisiana is lucky enough to have 1.

There are literally 100's of mounds under the man made lakes here in central Arkansas. During low water levels you can go find the artifacts washing out of them. I used the time slider on google earth to view old images of low water levels to find the mounds sticking out of the water like islands.


Most of the pottery has turned back into mud after being submerged for so long. It sucks to find a nicely designed pot that melts like butter when you touch it. You are not legally allowed to collect artifacts from the lake shores but if they are left they tumble in the surf and turn to nothing.

I just posted this pic of me on Emerald Mound a few weeks ago.

It's a bigon!

shame that some these mounds are not being protected enoughor even researched much any more. The Costal Ms ones mainly.

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shame that some these mounds are not being protected enoughor even researched much any more.

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Article about Indian mounds in St. Louis, only one remains of a grouping of 25.

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Big Mound, at today’s North Broadway and Mound Street, was 319 feet long, 158 feet wide and 34 feet high. Its flat top provided a panorama of river and city. It was a landmark for steamboat pilots and inspired one of St. Louis’ first nicknames — Mound City, a term that once graced dozens of names of businesses and associations.

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A few people objected, but they were overwhelmed by what the St. Louis Dispatch called “the grasping money-making spirit of our age.” The destruction of Big Mound was completed in 1869, its dirt used to build the North Missouri Railroad along the river.

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The last remaining Mississippian mound in St. Louis.

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Pretty sure that’s a cattle mound built to wait out backwater flooding, during the last 150 years or so.

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Frogmore Mound is an indian mound

A lot of the shell middens in Pearlington were dug up long ago to pave the streets of NOLA.

Not exactly the earth structures the "mounds" are but still very intersting, very large, and full of artifacts. Even human skull fragments and bones were found in some of these.

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shame that some these mounds are not being protected enoughor even researched much any more. The Costal Ms ones mainly.

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One reason is the history of these civilizations aren’t well documented or known. The natives along the East Coast that were encountered when settling the Americas, and the Plains Indians like the Sioux and Navajo are much better known.

The Mississippian culture in the middle of the U.S. is largely unknown or forgotten. One reason is they were in decline by the time Europeans arrived. Often the mounds were the only evidence of their existence by the time the area was heavily settled.

Some early explorers documented large civilizations in the 1500’s and 1600’s, but many of these accounts were later discounted as exaggerations. However, many have since proven to be true.

Coronado encountered one in Kansas during his expedition from Mexico in the 1540’s. However, it has been just the last few years a settlement of 20,000 or more has been found in southern Kansas along the Arkansas River. People knew Native Americans had been in the area, but know one knew for certain how large and advanced the civilization was at one time.

There’s evidence they traded not only with settlements along the Mississippi River and it’s tributaries, but also as far as the Aztecs in Mexico.

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The Mississippian culture in the middle of the U.S. is largely unknown or forgotten. One reason is they were in decline by the time Europeans arrived. Often the mounds were the only evidence of their existence by the time the area was heavily settled.

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True Better the reason to study, teach, and preserve.