Angel Mounds — Stockade North Gate (Evansville)
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Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–400 BCE)·Late Bronze fortified; Mississippian·🇺🇸 Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Angel Mounds, United States
About
About Angel Mounds — Stockade North Gate (Evansville)
Angel Mounds — Stockade North Gate (Evansville) in Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Angel Mounds, United States is a Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–400 BCE) fortified settlement attributed to Late Bronze fortified. Systematic survey and coring document stratified deposits. The site includes a principal platform and ancillary necropolis. Dimensions 200m × 170m; area 23.4 ha. Excavation unexcavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Late Bronze fortified fortified-settlement with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 120 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Relation to regional network
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1000 BCE
- Period
- Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–400 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Bronze fortified; Mississippian
- Builders
- Late Bronze fortified
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and administrative centre
- Rediscovered
- 1924
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 1000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1136 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1917
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
On the ground
Structures & features
37.9400° N · 87.4400° W · 120 m · 3 mapped features
Principal Monument
structurePrincipal Monument at Angel Mounds — Stockade North Gate (Evansville) — structure with stratified deposits
37.9379° N · 87.4400° WAncillary Complex
complexAncillary Complex at Angel Mounds — Stockade North Gate (Evansville) — complex with stratified deposits
37.9418° N · 87.4411° WOutlier Feature
outlierOutlier Feature at Angel Mounds — Stockade North Gate (Evansville) — outlier with stratified deposits
37.9382° N · 87.4411° W