Emerald Mound and Village Site
Appearance
Emerald Mounds and Village Site | |
![]() Artists conception of the site | |
Location | Northwest of the junction of Emerald Mound Grange and Midgley Neiss Rd., Lebanon, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 38°37′50″N 89°47′9″W / 38.63056°N 89.78583°W |
Area | 145 acres (59 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 71001026[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 26, 1971 |
The Emerald Mound and Village Site (Emerald Site) is a
Middle Mississippian peoples inhabited the village, which was a satellite village of Cahokia. The largest of the mounds is a two-tiered structure that stands 50 feet (15 m) high; its square base is 300 feet (91 m) across, while its upper tier is 150 feet (46 m) across. At the time of its discovery, the mound was the second-largest known in Illinois after Monks Mound at Cahokia.[2]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 26, 1971.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Reed, Nelson A. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Emerald Mound and Village Site. National Park Service, 1969-09-12.
External links
- Pauketat, Timothy. "Emerald Acropolis Project". Greater Cahokia Archaeology.
- Witze, Alexandra (March 12, 2016). "Religion And The Rise Of Cahokia". American Archaeology. 20 (1). The Archaeological Conservancy.
- "Emerald Mound : Interview with archaeologist Tim Pauketat". Illinois State Archaeological Survey. 2015.