Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

The Great Temple Mound is the largest mound at the park, it stands at 55 feet tall.
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.
Map showing location of park.
mounds
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earth lodge
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earth lodge floor
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funeral mound
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spear point
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