<< Text Pages >> Richard's Bridge - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The South
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Multi-periodSite Name: Richard's BridgeCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Three Forks AR
Latitude: 35.338460N Longitude: 90.44314W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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stonetracker saw from a distance on 1st Feb 2024 Saw from the road. The village is now in a cultivated field. The original mound was destroyed when the paved road was built.
Richard's Bridge is listed as an intermediate-scale satellite village site built during the Parkin phase of the Late Mississippian period (1400-1700 CE). Most of these village sites are located along either the St. Francis or Tyronza Rivers.
Note: The paramount mound site is located at Parkin Archaeological Park near the confluence of these two rivers.
Most but not all of these smaller sites had at least one mound, a habitation area, and a surrounding palisade and moat. The mound at Richard's Bridge was reportedly destroyed during construction of a nearby road. However, the habitation site remains although mostly subsurface in a cultivated field. It has been the subject of at least one archaeological field school study (see Comments).
For more on the satellite villages and the Parkin Phase culture, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkin_Archeological_State_Park
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