Ingomar Mound
Ingomar Mounds · Union County Mound
Middle Woodland Miller culture 100–600 CE·Miller (Woodland)·🇺🇸 Mississippi, Union County, United States
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About
About Ingomar Mound
Isolated conical mound 25 ft/7.6 m high, 70 ft/21 m diameter, tallest extant Woodland mound in north Mississippi. Located on farm terrace south of New Albany; preserved privately but visible from road. Undisturbed summit suggests unexcavated burial chamber; lidar shows former embankment plowed away.
Why it mattersRare intact tall Woodland conical mound illustrating differential preservation in upland north Mississippi versus floodplain centers.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Whether mound contains Hopewell intrusive burial like Pharr
- 02Why isolated rather than in group
Theories
- 01Lone territorial mound marking Tallahatchie-Okolona divide
- 02Outlier of Pharr-Bynum Hopewell network
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.100–400 CE (Middle Woodland)
- Period
- Middle Woodland Miller culture 100–600 CE
- Culture
- Miller (Woodland)
- Builders
- Miller
- Purpose
- Largest surviving Woodland conical mound in north Mississippi (25 ft high) on Tallahatchie headwaters terrace
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c.100–400 CE (Middle Woodland)
Initial construction
600 CE
Major occupation / refurbishment
On the ground
Structures & features
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