Town Creek Mound
Platform mound at Town Creek with reconstructed temple
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 Location within North Carolina today
Town Creek Indian Mound (the US)
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Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Montgomery County, North Carolina,  USA
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| Region | Montgomery County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35°10′58.1″N 79°55′46.1″W / 35.182806°N 79.929472°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 1150 CE |
| Abandoned | 1400 |
| Cultures | South Appalachian Mississippian culture |
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| Excavation dates | 1937-1987 |
| Archaeologists | Joffre Coe |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mound, plaza |
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Number of temples: 1 |
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Town Creek Indian Mound
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| NRHP reference # | 66000594 |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Number of temples: 1
Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG 2) is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near present-day Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina, in the United States. The site, whose main features are a platform mound with a surrounding village and wooden defensive palisade, was built by the Pee Dee, a South Appalachian Mississippian culture people (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) that developed in the region as early as 980 CE. They thrived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina during the Pre-Columbian era. The Town Creek site was an important ceremonial site occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It was abandoned for unknown reasons. It is the only ceremonial mound and village center of that culture located within North Carolina.
The Pee Dee were part of a larger complex society known for building earthwork mounds for spiritual and political purposes. They participated in a widespread network of trading that stretched from Georgia through South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and as well as the mountain and Piedmont regions of North Carolina. The Town Creek site is not large by Mississippian standards. The earthwork mound was built over the remains of a rectangular-shaped earth lodge. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on October 15, 1966 as reference number 66000594.
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