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Submitted by AKFisher on Wednesday, 02 August 2023  Page Views: 371

Multi-periodSite Name: Chickasawba Mound Alternative Name: 3M55
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 34.97 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Blytheville, AR
Latitude: 35.932430N  Longitude: 89.93064W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Chickasawba Mound
Chickasawba Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Chickasawba Mound in Blytheville, Arkansas. Hundreds of exquisite pots were removed from this mound and numerous skeletons over 7' in height and "up to 8-9 feet tall" were reported. The most recent 7' skeleton was found in 1976. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in The South

From Wikipedia:

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]

References:
1. National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Summary description of Chickasawba Mound". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
3. 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.

Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasawba_Mound
Archaeology Conservancy
https://www.archaeologicalconservancy.org/chickasawba-arkansas/

Directions:
Within city limits of Blytheville, AR., Chickasawba St.


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