Grand Village of the Natchez - Natchez, MS
N 31° 31.539 W 091° 22.841
15R E 653744 N 3488995
Located at the Grand Village in Natchez.
Waymark Code: WM116DP
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2019
Views: 6
Of the six mounds identified on the early 18th-century maps of the Grand Village, three remain. Mound A is now eroding into St. Catherine Creek. Mound B is a pyramidal platform mound, roughly seven feet tall, built in four stages. Each stage served as a platform for a chief's residence. Mound C, also built in four stages, supported temple structures associated with mortuary ritual. The mounds were built in the Plaquemine Period, beginning ca. AD 1350, and were occupied until 1730, when the French attacked the village.
Date Installed:: 2015
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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