Research Article
Moving Earth and Building Monuments at the Carson Mounds Site, Coahoma County, Mississippi
Table 2
Excavated cores and depths of potential crevasse or flood sands.
| Core | Depth (cmbs) | Thickness (cm) | Landscape |
| 4 | 69–83 | 114 | Level natural ground | 13 | 317–410 | 93 | Side slope of mound | 14 | 87–227 | 140 | 0 to 1% slopes, natural ground | 19 | 54–180 | 126 | 0 to 1% slopes, natural ground | 24 | 53–156 | 103 | Land-leveled, natural ground | 25 | 228–346 | 118 | Toe-slope of mound | 26 | 126–209 | 83 | Toe-slope of mound | 27 | 95–223 | 128 | Toe-slope of mound | Trench | 120–139 | 19 | Side and toe-slope of mound |
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