Spiro Mounds

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1966
gptkbp:area 80 acres
gptkbp:artifacts_housed_at various museums
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Caddoan_Mississippian_culture
gptkbp:contains gptkb:artifacts
gptkb:ceramics
gptkb:ritual
textiles
stone tools
burial mounds
wooden artifacts
copper plates
shell gorgets
engraved conch shells
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:Craig_Mound_also_known_as gptkb:The_Great_Mortuary
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Mississippian_culture
gptkbp:excavatedBy 1930s
archaeologists
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Spiro Mounds
gptkbp:influenced other Caddoan sites
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Cahokia
gptkbp:largest_mound gptkb:Craig_Mound
gptkbp:latitude 35.2417
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Le_Flore_County,_Oklahoma
gptkbp:longitude -94.6272
gptkbp:looted 1933–1935
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Oklahoma_Historical_Society
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Spiro,_Oklahoma
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:Mississippian_culture
beads
stone axes
textile fragments
effigy vessels
burial masks
ceremonial pipes
engraved shell cups
wooden effigies
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 66000634
gptkbp:number_of_mounds 12
gptkbp:openToPublic gptkb:Spiro_Mounds_Archaeological_Center
yes
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Mississippian_world
gptkbp:period AD 800–1450
gptkbp:significance important trade center
major Mississippian cultural center
site of elaborate burials
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mississippian_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5