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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramPhotographs of Mount Royal mound and midden near Welaka.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, Series 2317, Box 2, Folder 6
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Native Americans
Cultural property
Historic sites--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Archaeology
Mississippian culture
Archaeological site location--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Earthworks (Archaeology)--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Mounds--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities
Muskogean Indians--Antiquities
Timucua Indians--Antiquities
Kitchen-middens--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Interpretation of cultural and natural resources
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
Historical marker erected at the site reads, "Indians constructed the mound and earthworks of this site between A.D. 1250 and 1500. They built the mound as a place to bury their dead, and it grew in phases. When Clarence B. Moore excavated portions of the mound in the 1890s, he discovered burials and artifacts scattered throughout. One of those artifacts was a copper plate embossed with designs identical to those which decorated a plate found in a mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. The Mount Royal Site is important because it helps demonstrate the extent of the prehistoric trade networks established by Eastern American Indians."
The Mount Royal site includes a burial mound, scattered small shell middens, an artificial pond, and a sunken road connecting the mound and pond. The mound is approximately 16 feet high and 555 feet in circumference. It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1973.
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