Mound House Site | |
Nearest City: | Hillview, Illinois |
Location: | Eastern bank of the Illinois River, ½ mile west of the end of 600E |
Coordinates: | 39.4933°N -90.5836°W |
Added: | September 1, 1978 |
Refnum: | 78001148 |
The Mound House is an archeological site located in Greene County, Illinois in the Illinois River floodplain. The site is a multicomponent site; however, the mounds were constructed during the Middle Woodland and are associated with the Havana Hopewell culture. The mound center has two identified mounds.[1]
The site received its name because the previous landowner, a farmer, built a house on Mound 1, the largest mound. Since then the house has been removed and the land is owned by the Center for American Archeology.[2]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1978.