Pinson Mounds by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SOC003000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
ISBN: 2007853
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2013-10-02T17:54:20+00:00

FIGURE 4.50. Features 54 and 55, plan view.

Adjacent to the southwest corner of Feature 54 is a fairly deep (1.3 m), roughly oval-shaped pit designated Feature 55 (Figures 4.19 and 4.50). Its base extends into the McNairy Sand stratum, and fill (seemingly collapsed) in the feature was similar to that found in the submound burial pits. No artifacts or human remains were found within, and there was no evidence of a covering (e.g., matting) over the pit. Feature 55 is contemporary with the submound burial facilities and undoubtedly played a role in the ritual process of burial and the initiation of mound construction, but evidence for a specific function is lacking.

Two probable mortuary features at the base of the northern Twin Mound were partially exposed but not excavated. Feature 53 is an area of collapsed mound fill located east of Feature 51 (Figure 4.19), with the long axis oriented east-west. Our excavations exposed only the southern half of the feature. While excavating the west wall of Feature 48, a concentration of large tabular sandstone, designated Feature 57, was exposed (Figure 4.53). Because these rocks slope down toward the west, they are not associated with Feature 48, and most likely represent a structural feature associated with another submound burial pit.

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