Emerald Mound, Adams County, MS

This post was written by admin on February 24, 2009
Posted Under: Historical Locations

A ceremonial mound built and occupied by the ancestors of the Natchez tribe between 1250 and 1600 AD. It is the second largest ceremonial earthwork in the United States.1 The largest being the Monk’s Mound at Cahokia in Illinois.2

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  1. http://www.nps.gov/archeology/feature/emerald.htm [↩]
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia#Monk.27s_Mound [↩]
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