This is so fascinating! What could have been kept in the cache pits? Would they have been dry storage for seeds or grains? sacred objects? The aerial view shows the mounds so clearly and I wondered if these cache pits were under the mounds?
The cache pits seemed to be mainly for food storage and were generally located between mounds in close association with habitats, both outside and inside the actual dwellings. There are some structures under the mounds that were probably related to burials or other ceremonial uses.
There is something compelling about these underground cellars and raised mounds that suggests a sense of balance, maybe natural reciprocity. What we take from the earth we bury and what the eath takes from us we lift up? Of course, I'm so curious about the connection between the physical evidence and the lived cultural experience.
This is so fascinating! What could have been kept in the cache pits? Would they have been dry storage for seeds or grains? sacred objects? The aerial view shows the mounds so clearly and I wondered if these cache pits were under the mounds?
The cache pits seemed to be mainly for food storage and were generally located between mounds in close association with habitats, both outside and inside the actual dwellings. There are some structures under the mounds that were probably related to burials or other ceremonial uses.
There is something compelling about these underground cellars and raised mounds that suggests a sense of balance, maybe natural reciprocity. What we take from the earth we bury and what the eath takes from us we lift up? Of course, I'm so curious about the connection between the physical evidence and the lived cultural experience.