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The point of greatest interest at the site is the 20-foot (6.1 m) high temple/ceremonial mound. Composed of shells (obtained from a midden to the west), sand, and detritus, the mound's base is 100 feet (30 m) by 170 feet (52 m). To more easily reach the top, the Tocobaga constructed a curved 10-foot (3.0 m) wide ramp on the western side.
Tocobaga (occasionally Tocopaca) was the name of a chiefdom of Native Americans, its chief, and its principal town during the 16th century. The chiefdom was centered around the northern end of Old Tampa Bay , the arm of Tampa Bay that extends between the present-day city of Tampa and northern Pinellas County .
Fort Brooke Temple Mound, at the site of Fort Brooke in Tampa, now destroyed. [20] Harbor Key Temple Mound (Bishop Harbor Temple Mound), on Bishop Harbor in Manatee County. [21] Madira Bickel Temple Mound, in Manatee County, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [21] [22] Maximo Point Temple Mound, in St. Petersburg. [17] [23]
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The Princess Hirrihigua Indian Mound, which was originally created by the Tocobaga, [1] is at the center of the park. [2] There is a historical marker near the mound which was erected in 1960 by the Princess Hirrihigua Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The site was donated to the city of St. Petersburg, FL by Mr. Ed C. Wright ...
Mound C was used as the Sun Temple and charnel house for the Natchez elite. Gahagan Mound B: Gahagan Mounds Site, Red River Parish, Louisiana: 1100–1450 CE Caddoan Mississippian culture The burial mound at the site was excavated twice, in 1912 by Clarence Bloomfield Moore and then in 1939 by Clarence H. Webb. Between the two excavations ...
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Narvaez marker in Jungle Prada Park. The Tocobaga tribe inhabited the Jungle Prada site for approximately 600 years, from 1000 to 1600 CE. [2] Their village complex in the area once contained a series of mounds stretching up and down Boca Ciega Bay for more than three miles (4.8 km); however most of the mounds were dismantled and used as fill for 20th century urban development. [3]