Madira Bickel Mound

 



The Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site is an archaeological site on Terra Ceia Island in northwestern Palmetto, Florida, United States.

Archaeological excavations have established that indigenous occupation reaches back 2,000 years, and across three distinct periods: Manasota, Weedon Island, and Safety Harbor cultures. The people constructed a massive earthwork temple/ceremonial mound from shells, sand and detritus. It is still 20-foot (6.1 m) high, with a base nearly 100 by 170 feet (52 m).

Scholars believe that the mound site continued to be of great ceremonial importance to the historic Tocobaga Indians of the surrounding area, who coalesced as a people before European encounter in the late sixteenth century. They survived into the eighteenth century, but disappeared as a tribe due to a warfare.


Body of Water Located Next To Mound: Terra Ceia Bay

Location: 27° 33′ 55″ N, 82° 35′ 34″ W

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madira_Bickel_Mound_State_Archaeological_Site

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