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Town Creek burial house and major temple

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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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  • Two worlds: Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony: First part of a North Carolina history text for secondary students, covering the land, American Indians before contact with Europeans, Spanish exploration, the Roanoke colony, and the Columbian Exchange. (Page 2.4)

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Photograph of Town Creek Indian Mound burial house and major temple.

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This photograph, taken at Town Creek Indian Mound, shows recreations of the town burial house and major temple. The burial mound was a round, thatch-roof hut in which the Town Creek Indians buried their dead. In the background, the major temple sits atop the earthen mound after which Town Creek Indian Mound is named.