Mississippi Mounds
Two main types of mound were constructed by American Indians in Mississippi: burial mounds and platform mouds. The Pocahontas archaeological site has one of each of these mounds. Mound A, which you see in front of you, is a . . . — — Map (db m152558) HM
Picture yourself standing at this spot, centuries ago, long before cars and highways
parking lots and interpretive trails. It is springtime. You stand in an Indian village
dotted with clay-walled houses; there is smoke rising from numerous . . . — — Map (db m121460) HM
Borrow Pits
At the Pocahontas site, dirt was dug in prehistoric times from
some areas, referred to by archaeologists as borrow pits, for two
uses. One was to fill in along the edges of a narrow ridge to
make a larger flat area where . . . — — Map (db m121443) HM
Midden Mounds
A midden mound is another type of "mound" frequently found
where American Indians once lived. Unlike ceremonial mounds,
midden mounds were not purposely constructed for a specific
use, but rather were created by the . . . — — Map (db m121445) HM
The time during which American Indians lived at the Pocahontas site
can be split into two periods: the period before Mound A was built and
the period after. Before Mound A was built there appears to have been
a relatively large group of people . . . — — Map (db m121453) HM
