Foster Mounds -Mississippi Mound Trail - Washington, MS
Posted by: Markerman62
N 31° 36.010 W 091° 19.710
15R E 658573 N 3497330
Located on Foster Mound Road, south of Steam Plant Road, Washington
Waymark Code: WM13FGM
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2020
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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-century home located on its summit. Mound B, about 200 yards to the south, was built in at least two stages ca, AD 1500. Artifacts recovered from underneath Mound B indicate that Native Americans lived at this site as early as 500 BC.
Date Installed:: 2010
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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