| Murphy Mound Archeological Site 23 PM 43 |
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| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°9′10″N 89°41′40″W / 36.15278°N 89.69444°W |
| Country | |
| Region | Pemiscot County, Missouri |
| Nearest town | Caruthersville, Missouri |
| History | |
| Culture | Middle Mississippian culture |
| First occupied | 1350 CE |
| Period | Late Mississippian period |
| Abandoned | 1541 CE |
| Excavation and maintenance | |
| Responsible body | Private |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mound |
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Murphy Mound Archeological Site
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| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 69000119 |
| Added to NRHP: | May 21, 1969[1] |
The Murphy Mound Archeological Site (23 PM 43), is a prehistoric archaeological site in the Bootheel region of the U.S. state of Missouri. Located southwest of Caruthersville,[2]:302 the site was occupied by peoples of the Late Mississippian period.[3] Conclusive dates for the site's occupation have not been determined; one survey concluded that occupation began around 1200 CE and continued until at least 1400,[2]:314 while a study of the site's pottery held that it was inhabited from approximately 1350 until 1541.[3] Excavation at the site's cemetery revealed ninety-one skeletons buried in numerous fashions, including bundle burials, bodies fully extended, and cremations.[2]:314 In 1969, Murphy was listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it was Pemiscot County's first location to receive this designation.[1]
See also [edit]
- List of Mississippian sites
- Mississippi Valley: Culture, phase, and chronological periods table - List of archaeological periods
References [edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ^ a b c Greenlee, Diana M. (1998). "Prehistoric Diet in the Central Mississippi River Valley". In O'Brien, Michael J.; Dunnell, Robert C. Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley. Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press.
- ^ a b "Murphy Site, 23PM43". Retrieved 2010-01-01.
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