Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

National Historical Park · GA · nps.gov page

mounds
The Great Temple Mound is the largest mound at the park, it stands at 55 feet tall.Photo: NPS

Welcome to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. This park is a prehistoric American Indian site, where many different American Indian cultures occupied this land for thousands of years. American Indians first came here during the Paleo-Indian Period hunting Ice Age mammals. Around 900 CE, the Mississippian Period began, and people constructed mounds for their elite, which remain here today.

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earth lodge
The Earth Lodge was used as a council chamber for the Mississippian Culture (900-1600)Photo: NPS
earth lodge floor
The earth Lodge floor is original it was carbon dated to 1015.Photo: NPS
funeral mound
The Funeral Mound was by prehistoric cultures to bury their dead. Today there are still remains instead the moundPhoto: NPS
spear point
This Clovis point is the first spear found east of the Mississippi River. It was carbon dated to 10,000 BCPhoto: NPS

Park information and photos come from the National Park Service. This is not an official NPS site.