Pocahontas Mounds
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N 32° 28.059 W 090° 17.326
15S E 754822 N 3595511
A historical marker at a pleasant little rest stop along HWY 49 with a great piece of Mississippi history.
Waymark Code: WM82N4
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2010
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Take the paved educational walk around the mound.
Marker Text:
POCAHONTAS MOUNDS
Built and used between A.D 1000 and 1300, this platform mound and a nearby burial mound mark the ceremonial and political seat of a regional chiefdom of the Plaquemine culture. A thatched, clay-plastered ritual temple or chief's lodging stood atop this mound. Dwellings of villagers occupied surrounding fields.
Date Installed:: 1993/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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