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Pocahontas Mounds
(22 HI 500)
Pocahontas Mound A
Pocahontas Mounds is located in Mississippi
Pocahontas Mounds
Location within Mississippi today
LocationPocahontas, Mississippi, Hinds County, Mississippi, Pocahontas Mounds USA
RegionHinds County, Mississippi
Coordinates32°28′9.37″N 90°17′17.81″W / 32.4692694°N 90.2882806°W / 32.4692694; -90.2882806
History
Founded800 AD
Abandoned1300 AD
CulturesColes Creek culture, Plaquemine Mississippian culture
Site notes
Excavation dates2004
ArchaeologistsJames A. Ford
Architecture
Architectural stylesplatform mound, plaza, tumulus
Architectural detailsNumber of monuments:
Pocahontas Mound A
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.69000365[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1969
Pocahontas Mound B
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.72000694[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1972
Responsible body: private

Pocahontas Mounds (22 HI 500) is an archaeological site from the Plaquemine Mississippian culture in Hinds County, Mississippi, dating from 800 to 1300 CE. Two mounds from the site were added to the NRHP on two separate occasions, Pocahontas Mound A on November 25, 1969, as NRIS number 69000365 and Pocahontas Mound B on April 11, 1972, as NRIS number 72000694.[1] The mounds are listed on the Mississippi Mound Trail.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places". Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "Mississippi Mound Trail". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

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