. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 625 the west, but has not been known to reach it. The body of the mound has an irregular figure, as shown in the plan. It is longest on tlie meridian, its diameter in that direction being about 270 feet. On the to]) is a nearly level area of about an acre, the average height of which is 50 feet above the base. A broad ramp or graded way (1) winds upward from the plain, around the south face of
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 625 the west, but has not been known to reach it. The body of the mound has an irregular figure, as shown in the plan. It is longest on tlie meridian, its diameter in that direction being about 270 feet. On the to]) is a nearly level area of about an acre, the average height of which is 50 feet above the base. A broad ramp or graded way (1) winds upward from the plain, around the south face of the mound, to the area on the top. Like some of the pyramids of Egypt, it has two smaller ones as tenders: ^ne on the south, (7; another to the southeast, B; each about 100 feet distant, their bases nearly square, and of nearly equal dimensions. If they were not in the shadow of the great mound they would attract attention for their size and regularity. The ground at i? is 3 feet higher than at (7. All of them are truncated. The mound G is not a perfectly regular figure, but approaches a square, with one side broken into three lines. Its height above base is 18 feet. The bearing of its western side is north 10° west, and the length on the ground 47 i)aces, having been Bomewhat spread out by plowing around the foot. On the east is a. Fig. 2. ramp, with a slope of one to two degrees which allows of ready ascent by persons on foot. The slopes of all the mounds are very steep and quite perfect, in S. IMis. 109 40. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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