Ocmulgee National Monument

This U.S. National Park was designed to protect the Indian mounds of the Southeastern Indians who burried their dead in lifted hills to pay respect to those who passed.  The mounds represent an isolated area where dead were placed with some valuables and covered with mounds of dirt.  By placing the dirt in pointed mounds above the dead it would point to the heavens, and some believe this represented ease of passage to the next life.



More information about Ocmulgee:
http://www.nps.gov/ocmu/historyculture/index.htm