Ingomar Mound is the large central mound and sole remaining feature of a ceremonial center of the late Mississippian Period of cultural development. A total of 13 mounds composing the group have been excavated. Believed to be a temple mound, Ingomar is the only structure of the group not overrun by later agriculture and development, thus generally undisturbed when archeologists began studying the complex of mounds.[2] At least one of the mounds in the group was a flat-topped burial mound.[3] Ingomar is one of the largest such mounds found in the Southeast.[4] Ingomar is important because of its potential for the testing of theories about aboriginal settlement pattern hypotheses, such as the Clay's system environments theory[5] and Steponaitis' spatial efficiency theory[6][7]
 Stairs leading up Ingomar Mound | |
  Location within Mississippi today | |
| Location | Ingomar, Mississippi, Union County, Mississippi,  USA |
|---|---|
| Region | Union County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34°23′50.1″N 89°02′57.7″W / 34.397250°N 89.049361°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 200 AD |
| Abandoned | 1800 AD |
| Cultures | Woodland period, Mississippian culture |
| Site notes | |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mound |
| Architectural details | Number of monuments:1 |
Ingomar Mound | |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001632[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 9, 1978 |
| Responsible body: The Archaeological Conservancy | |
References
edit- ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ Calvin S. Brown (2012). Archeology of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 14–21. ISBN 9781617033490. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ David S. Brose (1991). Yesterday's river: the archaeology of 10,000 years along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Cleveland Museum of Natural History. p. 61. ISBN 9781878600004. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ Evan Peacock (2005). Mississippi Archaeology Q & A. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 17. ISBN 9781604736434. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ R. Berle Clay (1976). "Tactics, Strategy, and Operations: The Mississippian System Responds to ITS Environment". Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 1 (2): 137–163. JSTOR 20707792.
- ^ Bruce D. Smith (2014). Mississippian Settlement Patterns: Studies in Archeology. Academic Press. pp. 421–423 & 428–449. ISBN 9781483220246. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "Ingomar Mound [22-Un-500]". MDAH Historic Resources Inventory Fact Sheet. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
