Bear Creek Mound and Village Site

  • Also Known As: 22-Ts-500

  • Address: MP 308.1 Natchez Trace Pkwy
  • Vicinity: About 45 mi NE of Tupelo, Mississippi, at the Alabama state line. Open to the public daily, free of charge.
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site

Bear Creek Mound and Village Site

This square, flat-topped mound was built in several stages for ceremonial or elite residential use sometime between 1100 and 1300 A.D., during the Mississippian period. Burned daub (mud plaster used in building construction) found on the mound during archeological excavation indicates the former presence of a temple or chief's house. A small, contemporaneous habitation area is located to the south and east of the mound. When acquired by the National Park Service the mound had been greatly reduced in height by plowing. Following excavation in 1965, the mound was restored to its estimated original dimensions of about eight feet high by 85 feet across the base. - NPS

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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1300/00/00 Bear Creek Mound and Village is built in several stages sometime between 1100 and 1300 AD.

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Particulars for Bear Creek Mound and Village Site:
Historic Use Ceremonial site
Owner Federal
Historic Use Graves, burials
Criteria Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation Late Mississippian
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Sight Category Site
Historic Use Village site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 22nd December 1988

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Bear Creek Mound and Village Site (22Ts500)
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 88002825
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Federal
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Parkway
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Applicable Criteria: Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Late Mississippian
Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD, 1749-1500 AD
Historic Function: Religion, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Village site, Ceremonial site, Graves, burials
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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