In the center of the complex is Mound 2, the largest and the best-preserved mound at the site, it measures 36 ft high and 272 ft by 312 ft at the base (11 m × 83 m × 95 m).
Like all of the mounds at the site where an original shape can be determined, it is a simple truncated-pyramidal platform mound.
Very little excavation has taken place at this mound, so not much is known about the construction sequence or what structures may have been built upon it.
There was limited work done on the mound in 1947 by John Griffin, in a salvage cleanup effort of a looters trench.
He found a series of fill layers of black muck, various soil types, and caps of red clay, but as the cut was not through the entire mound or located near any structures he could not learn much about its construction sequence or definitive purpose.
It was most likely the first mound started at the site, early in Fort Jacksons history.
If it is similar to mounds at other sites then it was the house platform of the ruler of the site, who was also possibly a paramount chief over many other sites.
In the center of the complex is Mound 2, the largest and the best-preserved mound at the site, it measures 36 ft high and 272 ft by 312 ft at the base (11 m × 83 m × 95 m). Like all of the mounds at the site where an original shape can be determined, it is a simple truncated-pyramidal platform mound. Very little excavation has taken place at this mound, so not much is known about the construction sequence or what structures may have been built upon it. There was limited work done on the mound in 1947 by John Griffin, in a salvage cleanup effort of a looters trench. He found a series of fill layers of black muck, various soil types, and caps of red clay, but as the cut was not through the entire mound or located near any structures he could not learn much about its construction sequence or definitive purpose. It was most likely the first mound started at the site, early in Fort Jacksons history. If it is similar to mounds at other sites then it was the house platform of the ruler of the site, who was also possibly a paramount chief over many other sites.
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park