Native American Burial Mound near Lake Traverse in SD
N 45° 37.197 W 096° 51.682
14T E 666728 N 5054047
Ancient Native American Burial Mound on high ground shore of Lake Traverse in the NE corner of South Dakota.
Waymark Code: WM1231
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2006
Views: 70
Eastern South Dakota has a good many Burial Mounds, located at this site in a roadside park and in Roberts County and elsewhere on the Big Sioux and James River Valleys.
Well known Mounds are located west of Faulkton; in the Southside Park in Mitchell; near the 12 Mile Creek near Milltown; at Sioux Falls, and nearby Brandon. It is believed they were created by basket-carried earth.
Artifacts recovered include pottery, stone, knifes, and hammers and both marine and fresh water shell beads. The Mounds are ordinarily on high terraces overlooking water courses, as here, where one finds a scenic overlook of Lake Traverse and the continental divide.
The human burials appear to be both original in the site, and secondary, that is, by other burials elsewhere brought to the site. It is speculated that they may have other purposes, as fortifications, and perhaps religious significance.
They are monuments to Labor. Comparable to the creation of an ant heap and to the culture of an ancient race in the history of this continent. The Mound in this Park is typical, as are the others in South Dakota, of an existing culture between 300 A.D. and 1,400 A.D.
Type: Burial Mounds
How did you find this "Ancient Evidence": Geocaching
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