Great Temple Mound

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The Great Temple Mound is a large prehistoric earthwork built by Mississippian peoples, serving as a ceremonial and political center within the Ocmulgee Mounds complex in present-day Georgia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Temple Mound canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mississippian culture archaeological site ⓘ
platform mound ⓘ
prehistoric earthwork ⓘ
accessibleTo public (via park trails) ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationBy Works Progress Administration archaeologists (1930s) ⓘ
associatedWith Lamar culture (regional Mississippian variant) ⓘ
Ocmulgee Earth Lodge ⓘ
belongsToTradition Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (broad cultural sphere) ⓘ
constructedBy Mississippian peoples ⓘ
ancestors of Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
constructionMethod basket-loaded earth fill ⓘ
culture Mississippian culture ⓘ
currentUse archaeological and interpretive feature for visitors ⓘ
elevationRelative dominant mound within Ocmulgee Mounds complex ⓘ
functionWithinSite principal temple mound of Ocmulgee Mounds ⓘ
hasFeature earthen ramps or access ways (in original form) ⓘ
flat summit suitable for large structures ⓘ
multiple construction stages ⓘ
hasViewOf other mounds in Ocmulgee Mounds complex ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark (as part of Ocmulgee National Monument/NHL district) ⓘ
U.S. National Historical Park (within Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park) ⓘ
includedIn Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park interpretive programs ⓘ
locatedIn Bibb County, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Bibb County

Georgia ⓘ
Macon, Georgia ⓘ
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park ⓘ
United States ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
material compacted earth ⓘ
nearby downtown Macon, Georgia ⓘ
overlooks Ocmulgee River floodplain ⓘ
linked to: Ocmulgee River
partOf Ocmulgee Mounds complex ⓘ
Ocmulgee Old Fields ⓘ
protectionStatus federally protected within a U.S. National Historical Park ⓘ
region Southeastern United States ⓘ
shape rectangular platform ⓘ
significance important site for Muscogee (Creek) cultural heritage ⓘ
major ceremonial and political center of a Mississippian chiefdom ⓘ
timePeriod Mississippian period ⓘ
circa 900–1100 CE (initial construction, approximate) ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial purposes ⓘ
elite residence platform ⓘ
political center ⓘ
religious activities ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Funeral Mound → nearbyFeature → Great Temple Mound ⓘ