Spiro Mounds

800 AD10 m Craig MoundUSA

CountryUSA

Date800 AD

Notable Feature10 m Craig Mound

RegionOklahoma

About Spiro Mounds

Called the King Tut of the Arkansas Valley. The Craig Mound contained hundreds of extraordinary artifacts. Looters destroyed much in the 1930s before archaeologists arrived. The engraved shells are masterpieces.

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