Mound House (Greene County, Illinois)
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Mound House Site
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Location | Eastern bank of the Illinois River, ½ mile west of the end of 600E |
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Nearest city | Hillview, Illinois |
Coordinates | 39°29′36″N 90°35′01″W / 39.49333°N 90.58361°WCoordinates: 39°29′36″N 90°35′01″W / 39.49333°N 90.58361°W |
Area | 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) |
NRHP Reference # | 78001148[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 1978 |
The Mound House is an archeological site located in Greene County, Illinois in the Illinois River floodplain. The site is a multicomponent site; however, the mounds were constructed during the Middle Woodland and are associated with the Havana Hopewell culture. The mound center has two identified mounds.[2]
The site received its name because the previous landowner, a farmer, built a house on Mound 1, the largest mound. Since then the house has been removed and the land is owned by the Center for American Archeology.[3]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1978.[1]
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- ^ a b Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ Maruszak, Kathleen. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mound House Site. National Park Service, 1977-07, 4.
- ^ "Mound House Site". Center for American Archeology. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
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