An ancient burial mound – appropriate enough for the last day of Winter, 2013…
This mound at Toltec Mounds State Park in central Arkansas was built by the Plumb Bayou culture between 650 A.D. and 1050 A.D., and it’s rounded-top indicates it is a burial mound – different from the larger, flat-topped ceremonial mounds also found at this site. Color version below…
A panorama showing Mound Lake and the boardwalk along the edge of it at Toltec Mounds State Park in central Arkansas. The large grass-covered embankment you see at the far-left of the photo is one of the ancient Native-American ceremonial mounds (the largest one left intact in Arkansas, as a matter of fact). B/W version below…
Another piece of roadside grunge I couldn’t resist photographing… I’m going to guess this old building in Hensley, Arkansas used to be a filling station because of that post out front with the lights over it – where pumps used to be, I’ll assume.
