Ware Mounds and Village Site
Ware Mounds and Village Site, Archaeological site in Union County, Illinois, United States.
The Ware Mounds and Village Site contains three platform mounds and a 160-acre settlement area along the Mississippi River valley in Southern Illinois.
Native Americans from the Late Woodland and Mississippian cultures inhabited this location between 800 and 1300, establishing a substantial trading center.
The first mound, measuring 200 feet in diameter, contains Indigenous burial grounds that European settlers later used as their cemetery.
Researchers need permission to access the archaeological site, which stands as a protected location under the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.
A fluorite stone statue, discovered in Mound 1 during 1873, connects this site with similar artifacts found at Angel Mounds in Indiana and Obion Mounds in Tennessee.
Location: Union County
GPS coordinates: 37.44640,-89.40000
Latest update: March 10, 2025 14:00
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