Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site

Kincaid Mounds
11 MX2 11; 11 PO2 10
A digital reconstruction of the late occupation phase of the site circa 1300 CE
Kincaid Mounds is located in Illinois
Kincaid Mounds
Kincaid Mounds
Location within Illinois today
LocationBrookport, Illinois,
RegionSouthern Illinois
Coordinates37°4′50″N 88°29′30″W / 37.08056°N 88.49167°W / 37.08056; -88.49167
History
CulturesMiddle Mississippian culture
Site notes
ArchaeologistsFay-Cooper Cole, Richard MacNeish
Architecture
Architectural stylesplatform mounds
Architectural detailsNumber of monuments: 19
Kincaid Site
NRHP reference No.66000326
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLJuly 19, 1964[2]

The Kincaid Mounds Historic Site (11MX2-11; 11PO2-10)[3] c. 1050–1400 CE,[4] is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located at the southern tip of present-day U.S. state of Illinois, along the Ohio River. Kincaid Mounds has been notable for both its significant role in native North American prehistory and for the central role the site has played in the development of modern archaeological techniques. The site had at least 11 substructure platform mounds (it ranks fifth among known sites of this period for the number of such structures), and 8 other monuments.

Artifacts from the settlement link its major habitation and the construction of the mounds to the Mississippian culture period. It is 140 miles from Cahokia, the major center of Mississippian culture in North America. The Kincaid site was also occupied earlier by indigenous peoples of the Late Woodland period. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 for its significance as a major Native American mound center and prehistoric trading center along the Ohio River.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Kincaid Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Buchanan, Meghan E. (2007). Patterns of Faunal Utilization at Kincaid Mounds, Massac County, Illinois (Thesis). Southern Illinois University Carbondale. p. 40.
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