Settler cemetery on indian mounds

[all_atv]

Heres a brochure I found from a town near me, and some pics I took when I checked it out. Its the highest point overlooking a river valley. Also an arrowhead I found about a mile from there in a creek.

 

[oldgoat]

nice point and a good read

 

[joshuaream]

There are several cemetaries built around mounds, but this is the first time I've heard of burials on top of mounds... I guess we found the decendants of the original Intrusive Mound Culture.

I love seeing mounds, and some of the best preserved ones are indeed in cementaries.

Marrietta Ohio has a large mound in their cemetary which is famous because of the quantity of revolutionary war veterens buried there. There is another well known one in Romney West Virginia. There are a couple in Indiana, one in Tippecanoe County and one right off i-65 between Louisville and Indianapolis. And one in Racine Wisconsin, and a couple in Illinois that I haven't been to.

 

[Tnmountains]

There are accounts of Civil war soldiers digging several mounds here and around Chattanooga during down time. Thanks for the interesting Post and knowledgeable replies.

 

[creek astronaut]

very nice find and great thread,i have often observed indian mounds near cemetaries and since alot of these cemetaries were established in the 19th century i have wondered if maybe people in that era thought the mounds were sacred places and thought it would be a good place to start a cemetary or bury the dead?thx for sharing the pics.goodluck hunting

 

[SoIll]

I'd say it was more about getting the coffins to an elevated site so they didn't float.