Coles Creek culture, Plaquemine Mississippian culture
Site notes
Excavation dates
2004
Archaeologists
James A. Ford
Architecture
Architectural styles
platform mound, plaza, tumulus
Architectural details
Number of monuments:
Pocahontas Mound A
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.
69000365[1]
Added to NRHP
November 25, 1969
Pocahontas Mound B
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.
72000694[1]
Added to NRHP
April 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]
^ abc"National Register of Historic Places". Retrieved October 27, 2011.
^"Mississippi Mound Trail". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
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