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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XPX_batesville-mounds-historical_Batesville-MS.html
Seven mounds were originally recorded at the Batesville site. Of these, two remain intact. Mound B is a rectangular platform mound nine feet high; Mound C is a conical and stands 20 feet high. Mounds A and D have been greatly reduced by plowing but are stil…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YIY_bayou-pierre-mounds_Port-Gibson-MS.html
Of the three original mounds overlooking Bayou Pierre, only one remains. A pyramidal platform, Mound A is currently 16 feet tall. Excavations indicate that Native Americans built the mound in multiple stages during the Coles Creek Period, from AD 1000-1200,…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YIZ_windsor-mounds_-MS.html
Windsor Mounds includes four rectangular platform mounds overlooking Bayou Pierre. Mound A, visible from the road, is the largest at over 30 feet, and has a ramp extending toward the east. Mounds B, C, and D range in height from 3 to 16 feet. The mounds wer…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YJ0_glass-mounds_Vicksburg-MS.html
The Glass site originally consisted of four pyramidal mound surrounding an open plaza, with a possible fifth mound located to the north. Of these, Mound A alone remains undamaged. It stands 30 feet high and has a ramp extending south toward the plaza. Recen…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ZJE_foster-mounds_Natchez-MS.html
Foster Mounds consists of two mounds located on either end of a large village or plaza. Mound A was built in four stages during the Plaquemine Period, sometime after AD 1400. Its original size and shape have been modified to accommodate the late 18th-centur…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM217E_salomon-mounds_Coahoma-MS.html
When first recorded, Salomon Mounds had three (possibly four) large platform mounds and as many as eight smaller mounds arranged around a central plaza. The smaller mounds have been plowed away, while one of the large mounds was destroyed in 1958 to provide…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26R8_johnson-cemetery-mound_Tunica-MS.html
The Johnson Cemetery site currently consists of a single mound and associated village, but may originally have had a second mound. The existing mound is 12 feet high in height and was most likely pyramidal in shape, though its dimensions have suffered from …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26R9_hollywood-mounds_Robinsonville-MS.html
Hollywood Mounds originally consisted of a large platform mound surrounded by a series of smaller mounds. At 20 feet in height, Mound A is the site's central feature and was once enclosed on three sides by connected mounds forming an embankment. These "boun…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26RA_beaverdam-mounds_Tunica-MS.html
There are currently two mounds located at the Beaverdam site, though there may originally have been more. Mound A has eroded over time and is now 11 feet tall. Early 20th-century accounts describe it as rectangular in shape with a two-tiered platform. Mound…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM26RB_evansville-mounds_Tunica-MS.html
Located on the eastern bank of the Beaverdam Lake, the Evansville site originally had at least four earthen mounds. Today, only Mounds A and B remain. When first recorded, Mound A had a two-tiered platform—the west side was roughly 18 feet tall and th…