Emerald Mound Site

Infobox_nrhp | name =Emerald Mound Site
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption = A photo of Emerald Mound.
nearest_city= Stanton, Mississippi
locmapin = Mississippi
area =
architect=
architecture=
designated= December 29, 1989cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2041&ResourceType=Site
title=Emerald Mound Site |accessdate=2007-10-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 18, 1988cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum=88002618

Emerald Mound Site is a late Mississippian period archaeological site located on the Natchez Trace Parkway near Stanton, Mississippi, United States. The site dates from the period between 1200 AD and 1730. The platform mound is the second-largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the country, after Monk's Mound at Cahokia. Emerald Mound has a flat top with two smaller secondary mounds at each end. Travelers in the early 19th century noted a number of adjoining mounds that are no longer present. Emerald Mound was stabilized by the National Park Service in 1955. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

References

ee also

*Mississippian culture
*Southeastern Ceremonial Complex
*Monk's Mound
*Mound builder (people)
*Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site
*American Bottom
*Angel Mounds
*Moundville Archaeological Site
*Etowah Indian Mounds
*Spiro Mounds
*Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/ Indian Mounds of Mississippi, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary]