Winterville Mounds
Artist's conception of the Winterville Site
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 Location in Mississippi today
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Washington County, Mississippi,  USA
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| Region | Washington County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33°29′9″N 91°3′40″W / 33.48583°N 91.06111°W |
| History | |
| Abandoned | 1450 |
| Periods | Winterville Phase |
| Cultures | Plaquemine Mississippian culture |
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| Excavation dates | 1967 |
| Archaeologists | Jeffrey P. Brain |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | platform mounds, plazas |
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Number of temples: 23 |
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Winterville Site
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| NRHP reference # | 73001031 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 17, 1973 |
| Designated NHL | September 14, 1993 |
| Responsible body: State | |
Number of temples: 23
The Winterville Site (22 WS 500) is a major archaeological site in uninocprorated Washington County, Mississippi, north of Greenville. It consists of major earthwork monuments, including more than twelve large platform mounds and cleared and filled plazas. It is the type site for the Winterville Phase (1200 to 1400) of the Lower Yazoo Basin region of the Plaquemine Mississippian culture. Protected as a state park, it has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. In June 2015 the state authorized $300,000 to restore the mounds to their pre-Columbian condition and add walking trails to the park. The site also includes a museum.
Winterville Mounds, named for the nearby town of Winterville, Mississippi, is the site of a prehistoric ceremonial center built by Native Americans of the Plaquemine culture, the regional variation of the Mississippian culture. This civilization thrived from about 1000 to 1450CE. The mounds, an expression of the Winterville society's religious and political system, were the site of sacred structures and ceremonies. They were built between 1200 and 1250.Archaeological evidence indicates that the Winterville people lived away from the mound center on family farms in scattered settlement districts throughout the Yazoo-Mississippi River Delta basin. Only a few of the higher-ranking tribal officials lived at this mound complex.
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