Hampson Archeological Museum State Park

Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Hampson Museum, 2010
Map showing the location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Map showing the location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park in Arkansas
Map showing the location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Map showing the location of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park (the United States)
LocationWilson, Mississippi, Arkansas Delta, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates35°34′13″N 90°2′25″W / 35.57028°N 90.04028°W / 35.57028; -90.04028
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)[1]
Established1961[1]
Named forJames K. Hampson
Governing bodyArkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Website[1]

Hampson Archeological Museum State Park is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) Arkansas state park in Mississippi County, Arkansas in the United States. The museum contains a collection of archeological artifacts from the Nodena site, which is a former Native American village on the Mississippi River between 1400 and 1650.[2][3] James K. Hampson began excavating the site in the 1920s, a museum was built in 1946 and the Arkansas General Assembly officially accepted the collection of artifacts from the Hampson family on March 30, 1957.[1] The park first opened in 1961 as Hampson Museum State Park and has since been renamed.

Around 1400-1650 CE an aboriginal palisaded village existed in the Nodena area on a meander bend of the Mississippi River. Artifacts from this site are on display in the Hampson Museum State Park.[4][5]

The museum is named after James K. Hampson, a local landowner and archaeologist.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Mowdy, Marlon (October 5, 2010). "Hampson Archeological Museum State Park". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. The Butler Center. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "Hampson Archeological Museum State Park". Arkansas State Parks Guide, 2011. Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. p. 32. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Nodena, Arkansas: USGS Geographic Names Information System
  4. ^ "Hampson Museum State Park near Wilson Arkansas". Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2007. Visiomania.com, Hampson Museum
  5. ^ http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/hampsonmuseum/ ArkansasStateParks.com, Hampson Museum
  6. ^ Williams, Steven (April 1957). James Kelly Hampson. 1877-1956. American Antiquity, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 398-400.