Site type guide
Mounds
Mounds sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
3 mounds sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Mounds sacred sites overview
Mounds sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
| Coverage | 3 mounds sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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Crystal River Mounds, Florida
Crystal River, Florida, United States
On Florida's Gulf Coast, six mounds rise above the Crystal River where, for sixteen centuries, peoples gathered to bury their dead with copper from the Great Lakes and...
Kincaid Mounds, Brookport, Illinois
Brookport, Illinois, United States
For 350 years, Kincaid Mounds served as the heart of a chiefdom where thousands gathered for ceremony, governance, and trade....
Lake Jackson Mounds, Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
In the rolling hills north of Tallahassee, six earthen mounds rise from the red clay of Florida's Panhandle....
Key questions
Mounds sacred-site questions
- What mounds sacred sites are included?
- Mounds sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 3 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these mounds sites located?
- Major country clusters include United States.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Indigenous.
- Can I view mounds sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.