Emerald Mounds and Village Site | |
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| Location | Northwest of the junction of Emerald Mound Grange and Midgley Neiss Rd.,Lebanon, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 38°37′50″N89°47′9″W / 38.63056°N 89.78583°W /38.63056; -89.78583 |
| Area | 145 acres (59 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 71001026[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 26, 1971 |
TheEmerald Mound and Village Site (Emerald Site) is apre-Columbianarchaeological site located northwest of the junction of Emerald Mound Grange and Midgley Neiss Roads inSt. Clair County,Illinois. The site includes five mounds, two of which have been destroyed by modern activity, and the remains of a village.Middle Mississippian peoples inhabited the village, which was a satellite village ofCahokia. The largest of the mounds is a two-tiered structure that stands 50 feet (15 m) high; its square base is 300 feet (91 m) across, while its upper tier is 150 feet (46 m) across. At the time of its discovery, the mound was the second-largest known in Illinois afterMonks Mound at Cahokia.[2]
The site was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on October 26, 1971.[1]
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