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An example of a multicomponent site would be American Civil War earthworks constructed at the same location as a prehistoric Mississippian village. The cultural affiliation category in the list below refers only to periods in which the most significant occupation or event (e.g., a battle) took place at the site.
The site had a large platform mound (Mound A) 23 feet (7.0 m) high and 155 feet (47 m) on the north–south axis by 147 feet (45 m)on the east–west axis and several smaller mounds. On a ridge next to the mound were many stone box graves of a type found throughout the Cumberland region. [3]
Burial No. 9: Found just below the mound surface was a nearly disintegrated adult. A flint spear point was also found. [freelfarm 3] Burial No. 10: A crushed skull found 10 inches above the ground floor beneath the base of a tree. [freelfarm 3] Burial No. 11: Poorly preserved skull, clavicle, and rib of an adult found 20 inches above ground floor.
The Eva site (40BN12) is a prehistoric Native American site in Benton County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States.Located along an ancient channel of the Tennessee River, the Eva site saw extensive periods of occupation during the Middle and Late Archaic period (c. 6000-1000 BC).
Akrotiri was buried by the massive Theran eruption in the middle of the second millennium BCE [5] (during the Late Minoan IA period); as a result, like the Roman ruins of Pompeii after it, it is remarkably well-preserved. Frescoes, [6] pottery, furniture, advanced drainage systems and three-story buildings have been discovered at the site. [7]
See the ruins Workers cleaning up dirt at 800-year-old temple uncover dozens of ancient statues ‘Rare’ statue sat hidden in dried-up pond at 800-year-old temple — until now.
This site is the center piece of the University of Kentucky's Adena Park and is located on a bank 75 feet (23 m) above Elkhorn Creek.It features a causewayed ring ditch with a circular 105-foot (32 m) diameter platform, surrounded by a 45-foot (14 m) wide ditch and a 13-foot (4.0 m) wide enclosure with a 33-foot (10 m) wide entryway facing to the west.
Inside the 2,400-year-old structure, archaeologists found fragments of an even older temple, officials said. The older temple dated back to the sixth century B.C. Some disc-like ruins inside the ...