*This Museum IS NOT Participating in Museum Day 2011*
509 Town Creek Mound Rd
Mt. Gilead, NC 27306
(910) 439-6802
Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site Website »
ADA accessible museum/visitor center, parking, and restrooms, twenty minute orientation video detailing both American Indian History of the site and archaeological work performed. Guided tours of reconstructed ceremonial center with Mississippian mound and village site provided. Nature Trails, picnic tables, concessions and gift shop available.
Exhibits offer a glimpse of precolumbian life in Piedmont North Carolina. Artifacts displayed trace 12,000 years of human occupation at the site with a concentration on the Mississippian Pee Dee Culture (1000-1400 AD). Tools, pottery, jewelry and pipes detail a rich artistic and cultural heritage.
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