Chickasawba Mound
Chickasawba Mound (3M55) | |
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Nearest city | Blytheville, Arkansas |
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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]
See also
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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