Chickasawba Mound

Archaeological site in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Chickasawba Mound (3M55)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city	Blytheville, Arkansas
Area	13 acres (5.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.	84000217^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 16, 1984

The Chickasawba Mound, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 3M55, is an archaeological site in Blytheville, Arkansas. It encompasses the remains of a modest Nodena phase town, with a ceremonial mound and evidence of occupation during the 16th century. The site is one of the best-preserved Nodena sites in the region.^[2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1] The site derives its name from Chickasawba, a chief of the Shawnee tribe, said to have been buried at the foot of the mound.^[3]

An 1870 article in The Marysville Tribune stated that a "gigantic human skeleton" was found in the mound, though there is little record of its accuracy or any follow-up.^[4] The Arkansas Archeological Survey noted that there is evidence to support the claim that human remains can be found in some bluff shelters, but no non-human creatures.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Summary description of Chickasawba Mound". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^ Jessop, Utahna; The "Arkansas Woman" and other Giants of The Ozarks, Ancient American, Vol. 24, Issue 126 (2020) p. 3-4, according to Zimmerman, Fritz, Remains of Giant Race Found in Arkansas, Idaho Daily Statesman, June 12, 1899. The 1899 article also claims, "an excavation in or near Chickasawba mound revealed a portion of a gigantic human skeleton - the man to whom it belongs could not have been less than eight or nine feet tall" and that similar skeletons have been found in the neighborhood of the mound.
^ "Remains of Giants in Arkansas". The Marysville Tribune. September 21, 1870. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
^ "Myths and Misconceptions – Bluff Shelters of the Arkansas Ozarks". Retrieved March 13, 2024.

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