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Town Creek burial house and guard tower

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Creator
David Walbert
Date created
November 6, 2007
Location
North Carolina
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This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use

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Photograph of the burial house at Town Creek Indian Mound, with the palisade and guard tower behind it.

Size: 1023×682

This photograph, taken inside the town center at Town Creek Indian Mound, shows a recreation of the Town Creek burial house. The Indians who lived here built round, thatch-roof huts in which to bury their dead.