Kolomoki Mounds

We did the Mounds today. After the front blew through the temperature started to drop. We sort of dragged our feet this morning before we headed out hoping things would warm up. Nope. We got bundled up and headed out. There are 8 mounds. Most of them are pretty small lumps that don't really look unnatural. There is one called the "Temple Mound". That one is enormous. 56 feet high by 325 feet by 200 feet. It would have taken over 2 million basket loads of dirt, each holding one cubic foot of dirt, to build that mound. Some of the smaller mounds were burial sites. They think the big one was ceremonial. All of this started about 1000 years ago and lasted for 700 years. You will notice that the big mound has recently been burned off. They have to do that or it would soon become overgrown. We move tomorrow. Should be in Mississippi.