Feltus Mound Site
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| Feltus Mound Site 22 JE 500 |
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 Feltus Mound Site
22 JE 500 Location in Mississippi today
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| Location | |
| Coordinates | 31°44′47.62″N 91°15′37.08″W / 31.7465611°N 91.2603000°W |
| Country |  USA |
| Region | Jefferson County, Mississippi |
| Nearest town | Fayette, Mississippi |
| History | |
| Culture | Coles Creek culture |
| First occupied | 700 CE |
| Abandoned | 1000 CE |
Feltus Mound Site (22 JE 500), also known as the Ferguson Mounds and the Truly Mounds[1] is an archaeological site located in Jefferson County, Mississippi 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Natchez, Mississippi. The site is an Early Coles Creek (700 to 1000 CE) group of four platform mounds clustered around a central plaza, although one of the four mounds has been leveled.[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ Steponaitis, Vincas; Kassabaum, Megan; O'Hear, John. "Coles Creek Earthworks and Ritual at the Feltus Mounds in Southwest Mississippi, AD 700-1100" (PDF). Research Laboratories of Archaeology. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- ^ Williams, Leah (2008). Paleoethnobotany of the Feltus Mounds Site (PDF) (Undergraduate Honors thesis). University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
External links[edit]
- "Feltus Project (Vin Steponaitis)". Research Laboratories of Archaeology. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- Kassabaum, Megan (2012-10-08). "Bear Ceremonialism at Feltus". SEACUnderground.
- "Understanding the Mounds at Feltus: Their Location, Use and Significance". Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Coles Creek Earthworks and Ritual at the Feltus Mounds in Southwest Mississippi, AD 700-1100". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- Lane, Emily (2012-06-13). "Archaeology students dig in Church Hill". Natchez Democrat.
- Feltus Mounds : Vin Steponaitis interview about the 2012 dig at the Feltus Mounds funded in part by The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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