angel mounds state historic site

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  rebeccamO3164US

  Angel Mounds is a fascinating area of Indiana history. The information center was interesting telling of the Indians who lived here. We were eager to walk the grounds and see how it was preserved and shared with the public.However the walking tour was disappointing. It is self guided (with a map and arrows around the grounds pointing where to go for various paths.) The grounds were not well marked when we visited. The map we were handed did not match the route map posted at the start of the walking area and we struggled to match either with the actual arrows on the grounds, showing us where to walk. It feels like more could be done to better share this interesting piece of Indiana history.

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  lldavids44

  Old Indian digs are as cool as they sound, and there us no better way to learn history than walking around feeling like part of it

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  Betsyknit

  This was our fifth mounds site in three days, and it was very informative. Lots of information in the museum; not so much along the path of the actual site.

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  381brianp

  Huge area, lost civilization, tour the museum first and then head out for your self guided tour. Bring your imagination. Anyone under 10 would probably not get the enormity of the community that once thrived there.

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  CovingtonCat

  I've been to a few mounds sites. This is one of the largest in the Midwest. I'm glad they're still here. Walking the site was interesting. Imagining what it looked like while people lived there was fun. There's very little signage. There should be a lot more than the trifold brochure they give you. I also wish the museum was a little more honest in the way it explains the site and the people who lived there. No one really knows who the people were who built them. No one really knows why they were built. No one really knows what happened to the people who built them. It's all speculation. The museum, while it does show some archeology and a few artifacts, would lead a casual visitor to believe that the people who lived here looked and lived just like they're depicted in the museum. Much of what we really know is based on early European contact with natives who were living in the area at that time. Could the ancestors of those natives lived exactly the same way? Possibly, maybe even probably. But we really don't know. My best mound experiences have been at Cahokia (where they admit they don't much about the builders) and at Hopewell (same attitude as at Cahokia). The archeology is great at these sites and that's where the focus is. I wish Angel Mounds had some more money to update the museum to reflect what we know vs what we assume. The gift shop was small and didn't have much that represented the site. I would have loved a pin. Instead, I got a mug that doesn't even have a picture of a mound. But I'm glad I came here and that the site is being preserved.

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  Bluejay_13

  We were there last summer....I'm late writing the review. We enjoyed learning about the prehistoric Native Americans. Very interesting, very enjoyable.

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  melissab20

  This is a very lovely place. I have been wanting to go for years. When you first go in you have the opportunity to walk through their small museum and learn a bit about the site. A few of the displays were either empty or not working but over all the place was in decent shape. Wear comfortable shoes for walking and maybe take some back up ones in case you stubble in a puddle. (Lesson learned) I agree with the review that said this is not a place for small children as they would grow bored quite easily.A way they could make the park even better is if they could clearly mark the trails.

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  windsongm

  Had a good time. Son learned some about history. We learned there are some rude people in evansville and one works in the gift shop. Son found a small feather and wanted to take with him. Lady at gift shop saw and asked were he found and we told her on the trails. She told him very rudely you can't take anything from the property so we didn't buy anything from gift shop wouldn't want to take anything from property. We even made sure there was no grass on our shoes.

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  scottbV6443HL

  I was passing through and thought this sounded interesting. It met my expectations. Very informational welcome center, amazing employees and very clean all around. It was awesome to get to see the mounds and everything they had to offer there. Very beautiful place!

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  456LarryM

  I was surprised and impressed by the sophisticated design of the stockade around the village. The original stockade was a semicircle, with both ends on the Ohio River. I walked out to the large mound in the center of the site (about a 10 minute walk), and from there you can see much of the village site. The other mounds are much smaller. The museum is good, quite adequate for the purpose.