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Spiro Mounds

Spiro Mounds

The Mounds are considered one of the four most important prehistoric Indian sites east of the Rocky Mountains. A remarkable assemblage of artifacts from the mounds shows that prehistoric Spiro people created a sophisticated culture which influenced the entire Southeast.

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