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Spiro Mound Group
Spiro Aerial HRoe 2016.jpg
Artists conception of Spiro Mounds as seen from the west.
Spiro Mounds is located in Oklahoma
Spiro Mounds
Location in Oklahoma
Spiro Mounds is located in the United States
Spiro Mounds
Location in the United States
Nearest city Spiro, Oklahoma
Area Le Flore County
Architectural style Mississippian
NRHP reference No. 69000153
Added to NRHP September 30, 1969

Spiro Mounds is an archaeological site run by the Oklahoma Historical Society and open to the public. It is in Eastern Oklahoma, near the modern town of Spiro. It is one of the most important pre-Columbian sites in the United States.

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  • Falcon warrior Spiro Brooklyn

    Engraved conch shell from Spiro Mounds depicting a falcon warrior

  • House at spiro mounds

    A reconstructed house - grass-thatched roofs also were typical of the later, historic Wichita and Caddo cultures, but their houses were round with high-pitched roofs

  • Spiro Craig Mound HRoe

    Craig Mound, the Spiro burial mound that was referred to as the "Great Mortuary" by archaeologists conducting the early scientific research at the site

  • Spiro human headed avian plate HRoe 2012

    Anthropomorphic human headed avian plate from Spiro

  • Craig C style shell gorget Spiro HRoe 2005

    Engraved shell gorget from Spiro Mounds - the striped-center-pole, or axis mundi, divides the image in half - the cross and circle motifs also have symbolic meanings

  • Woolaroc Spiro Mounds spider shell gorget

    Spiro Mounds shell gorget with a central spider motif and a border of hands with bracelets - Woolaroc Museum

  • Caddoan Mississippian culture map HRoe 2010

    Map of the Caddoan Mississippian culture and some important sites

  • Spiro Big Boy effigy pipe HRoe 02

    "Resting Warrior", side view, effigy pipe of Missouri flint clay

  • (Man smoking from frog pipe) effigy pipe HRoe-2010

    Effigy pipe of figure smoking from a frog effigy pipe, Missouri flint clay

  • Smoker effigy pipe Spiro HRoe 01

    Effigy pipe of a man smoking a pipe, Missouri flint clay

  • Spiro Lucifer Pipe HRoe 02

    "Lucifer" pipe, rear view

  • Mill Creek chert bifaces Spiro HRoe 01

    2 jasper and 1 Mill Creek chert ceremonial bifaces (from southern Illinois)

  • Spiro ceremonial mace HRoe 2005

    Ceremonial monolithic flint mace

  • Spiro copper ear spools HRoe 2005

    Copper ear spools

  • Spiro engraved shell HRoe 2005

    Engraved whelk shell cup with raptor heads

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